Italian Recipes & Food Ideas

Trust us: This is best (and easiest!) thing you'll cook in your Instant Pot this year.

It’s our classic for a reason.

Plus, you'll have enough leftovers for days.

The white wine sauce is everything.

You'll immediately notice the difference.

Only three ingredients!

An egg-powered vehicle for leftovers.

It's easy to make this Italian-American favorite at home.

You've never seen gnocchi like this before.

It's what comfort food dreams are made of.

Everything you love about the classic, but even more comforting — and way, way easier.

There's kale in it to make you feel wholesome, and cheese and white wine to make you feel indulgent.

The first thing I ever cooked for my wife, Grace, were these meatballs

Everything is done in the same skillet in this recipe — easy cooking and easy cleanup.

Make it once and eat all week.

It's bright, fresh, and a breeze to whip together.

Of course Ina has the smartest way to make lasagna ahead!

It's a fraction of the cost of guanciale or pancetta.

It's a classic frittata meets French onion soup mash-up that is dressed to impress.

This creamy, comforting dish is calling your name.

I’ve been craving a nice, hearty risotto so I’ve decided it would be a good time to make this type of dish during cold months. I had it in my mind that I wanted to make something with mushrooms and leeks. I wanted it to be savory and woodsy, encompassing the flavors of fall. I have a collection of nice dried mushrooms waiting to be used; some chanterelles picked by friends, and some dried porcinis that I picked with my mushroom picking club.

Toss it on a grain bowl, salad, or even over pasta all week long.

The citrusy flavor is unreal.

Aperol spritz, but make it punch!

This faster take on pizza won't heat up the house.

Pro tip: Add extra-creamy burrata as soon as it comes out of the oven.

It’s been a very good chanterelle mushroom season here in the Bay Area this year. I’ve been on many forays with my mushroom club, and I’ve gone to secret collecting spots in the forest with friends. I have been dry sautéeing and drying my chanterelle hauls, and making things like this risotto recipe. The other night, I threw together this easy pasta dish.Orecchiete with Chanterelle, Sage, Walnuts, & Brown ButterIngredients2 cups of orecchiete 1 tbsp.

It's a one-bowl affair that'll happily play sidekick.

Yes, it is really that quick.

Cue the cheese pulls!

A super-fast side you'll make all summer long.

Like the classic salad, but way better.

Don’t even think about whipping up a batch without it.

If you asked me 10 years ago after feasting at a trattoria in Florence on fiocchetti alle pere con salsa di taleggio e asparagi that one day I would be able to replicate the experience, I would have laughed in your face. Back then the only thing I knew how to make was frozen pizza. But time has a way of changing us, and that trip to Florence changed me too. Here I am 10 years later, recreating that meal of a lifetime.

In the "Fat" episode of Netflix's "Salt Fat Acid Heat", Samin makes focaccia with Diego in northern Italy. Here's the recipe so you can make it at home, too.

Are you familiar with grissini? A far cry from their soft, chewy pizza parlor cousins, grissini are long, thin, Italian-style breadsticks. They are crisp all the way through and can be flavored with various herbs, seeds, and spices to complement whatever else you may be serving. You can wrap them with paper-thin slices of prosciutto for a classic presentation, but they’re equally delicious served just as they are.

It's just like the traditional casserole with tender noodles swimming in marinara and mixed with a double dose of gooey, melted cheese.

Oh, and it's practically no-cook!

It's the only way I'll make it from now on.

The sauce is silky, creamy, and tangy.

Pepperoni pizza meets pasta bake.

An easy weeknight recipe that's firmly in the family-friendly zone.

The best zucchini recipe you need to know.

Spaghetti alla Carbonara: When it’s good, it can make your eyes roll back in your head with pleasure. It lurks there, beckoning, batting its eyelashes on Italian menus. When you don’t order it, you usually end up wishing you had. This pasta dish seems easy to make at home, requiring only few ingredients like bacon, eggs, and pasta.

If you love eggplant Parmesan, you've got to try this cheesy, saucy casserole.

Look beyond dusty Italian seasoning.

Spread it on sandwiches, toss it with pasta, or yes, treat yourself a single happy spoonful.

The classic pasta sauce just got a whole lot easier.

Pile this mix onto bruschetta or eat it straight from the bowl.

A weeknight winner you’ll be eating by the spoonful.

It’s a retro, flavor-packed classic.

You probably have the ingredients already!

This light skillet pasta is bursting with lemony flavor.

Super flavorful, totally satisfying, and easy enough for weeknight cooking.

Packed with gooey mozzarella cheese pulls and creamy ricotta dollops.

It's inspired by the tuna casseroles I grew up with.

Meaty sandwiches that evoke the well-known and beloved Italian dish, porchetta.

It comes together in just 30 minutes.