Tag Archives: Italian food

Flavorful Oven-Roasted Tomato and Eggplant Pasta

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Peter Bocchieri

You know how us Sicilians love the combination of eggplant and pasta. It’s a marriage made in heaven. Well, this dish does not disappoint. The twist here is the tomatoes and eggplant are oven roasted. When the tomatoes are roasted … Continue reading →

Posted in Pasta | Tagged dinner, food, Italian food, Italian recipes, macaroni and eggplant, Pasta, recipes, Roasted tomato and eggplant pasta | Leave a comment

Creamy Escarole and Beans with Garlic

Posted on February 26, 2025 by Peter Bocchieri

Back in July of 2010 I posted a recipe for Escarole and Beans. This was a recipe from my Calabrese mother-in-law that included escarole, red kidney beans, potatoes and plumb tomatoes. It’s an absolutely delicious dish that I enjoy making. … Continue reading →

Posted in vegetable | Tagged escarole, escarole and beans. Italian recipe, Italian food, side dish | Leave a comment

Chicken with Potatoes and Peas

Posted on February 12, 2025 by Peter Bocchieri

This is once again a meal that grandma would cook. All made in one pan, all simple and fresh ingredients. All bursting with flavor. This dish hugs the heart and is one of many comfort foods we associate with our … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken | Tagged Chicken, chicken and potatoes, chicken cacciatore, Chicken potatoes and peas, dinner, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes | 1 Comment

Farfalle with Broccoli and Sausage

Posted on January 28, 2025 by Peter Bocchieri

This hearty dish is not something you would find in an Italian restaurant. This is truly a home cooked meal bursting with flavor. My Sicilian grandmother made variations of this dish, most notably sauteed broccoli with garlic, olive oil, black … Continue reading →

Posted in Pasta, Pork | Tagged bow tie pasta with broccoli and sausage, dinner, farfalla with broccoli and sausage, food, Italian food, Italian recipes, Italian sausage, macaroni, Pasta, pasta with broccoli and sausage, recipe, recipes | 3 Comments

Tomato Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes

Posted on September 15, 2019 by Peter Bocchieri

Most backyard gardeners have picked their last tomato by now. This time of year is when I love to make fresh tomato sauce using the Roma and plum tomatoes I grew myself and allowed to ripen on the vine. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Pasta | Tagged fresh tomato sauce, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes, macaroni, Pasta, tomato sauce, vine ripened tomatoes | 3 Comments

Southern Fried Chicken (Southern Italy Fried Chicken)

Posted on August 14, 2011 by Peter Bocchieri

Who doesn’t like fried chicken? Especially done right. I know southerners in the USA claim this as their own. But us southern Italians have just as much a right to fry up some chicken and consider it great “Italian Comfort … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicken | Tagged fried chicken, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes, southern fried chicken, southern Italy fried chicken, traditional italian cooking, traditional italian recipes | 7 Comments

Cucuzza

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Peter Bocchieri

You rarely find this vegetable in the supermarkets, if at all. But if you lived in Brooklyn or any Italian neighborhood you could find cucuzza growing in just about everyone’s garden. It was as much a part of summer as the … Continue reading →

Posted in vegetable | Tagged cooking Italian food, cucuzza, Italian cooking, Italian food, Italian recipes, italian squash, squash, traditional italian cooking, Traditional Italian food, traditional italian recipes | 46 Comments

Pasta Aglio e Olio – Pasta With Garlic and Oil

Posted on April 24, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

Peasant Food Is All That I almost didn’t put this dish in my blog because of its simplicity. Then I thought, that is what this blog is all about. Italian cooking in its simplest form. Good food, comfort food, peasant food. Food … Continue reading →

Posted in Pasta | Tagged aglio e olio, cooking Italian food, garlic and oil, Italian food, Pasta | 1 Comment

Pasta con Ricotta – Linguini & Ricotta Cheese

Posted on April 21, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

Beautiful Vizzini At 60 km from Catania in the Hyblaean Mountains, on the most northwesterly slopes of Monte Lauro, Vizzini rises on the spot of ancient Bidis, a Roman city mentioned by Pliny and Cicero. In the Middle Ages the … Continue reading →

Posted in Pasta | Tagged cooking Italian, Italian food, Italian recipes, Pasta, Ricotta | 7 Comments

Mpanata Ragusana – Filling #1

Posted on April 17, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

Time Honored Pies This dish is a specialty from my father’s town of Ragusa, Sicily. Ragusa is close to the southern most point of Sicily. The origins of Ragusa can be traced back to the 2nd century BC. Over the century’s … Continue reading →

Posted in pizza, Pork, vegetable | Tagged broccoli rape, caciocavallo cheese, Italian food, Italian recipes, Italian sausage, pizza | 2 Comments