We’ve always lived in places where seafood is plentiful and loved by the local cooks. Tuscany isn’t Sicily, we grant you, but it does have a coastline that keeps the…

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This is one of the easiest seafood entrées you’ll ever make, yet one of the most satisfying and attractive. Sword fish has a meatiness that is nicely balanced by the…

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This seafood/vegetable risotto is a staple in Italy’s coastal areas. Cooking the zucchini separately from the risotto is necessary for the uniformity of the dish, otherwise it would get too soft. This…

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Over the last decade, while traveling through the United States, I fell in love with clam chowder. After tasting quite a few bowls of this New England classic, I have…

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Octopus has always been one of my favorite summer bites. I remember spending my summers while growing up in a small town called Quercianella; my grandfather had a house about…

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There is something very special about the Italian Summer and the profound attachment we have to our local seafood… I remember being woken up at the crack of dawn by…

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I have created this recipe a few years back when developing the menus for The Montauk Yacht Club in Long Island NY. It was my very first culinary consulting job…

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Octopus is one of those ingredients that’s present in the Mediterranean diet wherever you go. In Italy, during the summer, it’s really easy to find octopus salads or pasta with…

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I grew up in a mixed Jewish/Catholic family, no big deal really… At least unless you had the fortune of sitting at the table with us for a holiday celebration….

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Today’s pasta is a summer classic throughout Italy: enjoy with a bottle of chilled dry white wine, some old school bossanova, and a couple of dear friends. No specific rules…

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Today’s recipe comes straight from the Western coast of Italy. I remember eating it in Livorno and Isola d’Elba when I was growing up, the smell and the color of…

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