Belle Chasse resident Josephine Mudge, of Sicilian descent, shared her family favorite recipes for meatballs and spaghetti, as well as her tips for tender meatballs. Josephine's Meatball-making Tips ...

In the Oliveus "kitchen" at Memphis Italian Festival: Josh Gianni, Andrew Mullis, Cooper McBride, Jason McBride, Martin Villalobos, Evan Weaver, Scott Brown (Credit: Michael Donahue) Half the fun of ...

"Our family has always cooked eggplant in the method of my Sicilian grandmother, which is to stuff and fry the eggplant before dropping the whole eggplant into a pot of tomato gravy to finish cooking, ...

Anthony Bourdain was famous for his strong opinions. The word "artisanal" made him see red; he really, really hated Yelp; and his ire even extended to his own heritage. In "Appetites: A Cookbook," the ...

Grandmothers are having a moment. The debut of the Netflix movie “Nonnas” (Italian-ish for “grandmothers”) has people talking about grandmothers, and appreciating them not just for their home cooking, ...

DeEtte Montalbano wrote last week to share her 97-year-old mother's meatball recipe. "She's Sicilian," Montalbano said. "And good luck making the meatballs. My sister and I had to watch her for years.

“First of all, I’m Italian. I come from a beautiful Napolitano family that settled in the area of Trenton, New Jersey, in a place called Chambersburg. And that’s where all of the Italians seemed to ...