Tag Archives: Pasta

Spaghetti with oven roasted tomatoes

Posted on November 13, 2025 by Peter Bocchieri

This is a very simple Sicilian dish that is made with pantry staples. If you like spaghetti with garlic and oil you will love this dish. It has the addition of roasted tomatoes in breadcrumbs that adds a flavor bomb … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Ziti al Forno – Baked Ziti

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Peter Bocchieri

Hurricane Ziti I can’t think of a better comfort food to make during bad weather than a baked ziti. And maybe for the occasion I’ll add little meatballs to it. Hurricane Irene is barreling down on us, we are less than 12 … Continue reading →

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Zuppa di Cozze – Mussels in Tomato Wine Sauce

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

When did macaroni become pasta? A reader of mine, Frankie, made a comment on a previous blog I posted about a poem he heard from Michael Savage,  a radio talk show host, called “When did Spaghetti Become Pasta?” I listened … Continue reading →

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Pesto With Sun Dried Tomatoes

Posted on August 29, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

One Christmas Eve when my Uncle Benny arrived at the house with my Aunt Angie and Johnny and Ralph, he was holding a container wrapped in a plastic bag. He walked over to me and said, “Do you know what I … Continue reading →

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Pasta With Broccoli Rabe and Sausage

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Peter Bocchieri

When I eat broccoli rabe today I think of my Uncle Sal Arestia and my Aunt Mary. They lived in Brooklyn in an apartment on 16th Avenue and 75th Street, about two blocks away from where I used to live. … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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