Italian Culture

Italian Cooking

Will Levitt | Posted 05.10.2012

Will Levitt

In time, Italian food would go from relative obscurity to become the first ethnic cuisine largely adopted and prepared in American homes.

San Diego's Little Italy: That's Italian

Laura Lippstone | Posted 06.11.2011

Laura Lippstone

America's eighth-largest city has a gem that L.A. doesn't: an authentic Little Italy that's hotter with the locals than the almost-constant sunshine.

Pan dei Morti (Bread of the Dead) for All Souls' Day

Jamie Schler | Posted 05.25.2011

Jamie Schler

Pan dei Morti, or Bread of the Dead, are fabulous cookies, dark, moist, very dense and chewy that appear much too briefly in Italian bakeries during the autumn season.

In Praise Of Slow Food

Carl Honore | Posted 01.04.2012

Carl Honore

The bright news is that people all over the world are taking a slower approach to food -- and eating better as a result.