The stereotype of the Italian nonna, or grandmother, attempting to feed you until you burst holds true — especially at the holidays. No sooner had any family member walked through her door than my own ...

Quite possibly the MVP of the Italian bakery, pignoli are the nutty, soft, textured cookies found in any Italian cookie spread worth its salt. Named for their topping of a scattering of pine nuts, ...

About four years ago, I received the email I had been waiting all year for: I had been accepted into the culinary arts program at a university in Florence, Italy. Without a second thought, I left Los ...