Heat wide sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add olive oil to sauté pan, and heat oil before adding minced garlic and crushed ...

Officially the first day of spring is March 20. That’s the date that scientists and folks who study such stuff say that the sun’s rays fall directly on the equator. Or something like that.

I swear I thought my mother had just made it up – a lighter pasta dish, filled with the most colorful, tender, early spring vegetables mixed with sweet-and-salty Italian prosciutto – to enjoy this ...

There’s something about the smell of sautéing onions or bread baking in the oven that stops time. For many of us, food isn’t just sustenance — it’s a memory, a feeling, a thread that connects where we ...

To prepare the pasta primavera, boil the Jerusalem artichoke with the skin in boiling water (1) until it is completely cooked and softened; it will take about 30 minutes. In the meantime, move on to ...

You see a lot of Italian restaurants with “Primavera” in the name. Did you ever wonder what that word means? I did! It means spring. A spring dish in particular: Pasta primavera. This Italian mainstay ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- In spite of its Italian name and near classic status, pasta primavera is not a dish from the Old Country. It was created by New York City chef-restaurateur Sirio Maccioni. Maccioni ...