Lasagne alla bolognese, hailing from, you guessed it, Bologna — this version boasts a beef ragu’', lots of Parmesan cheese, and creamy bechamel, all tucked between layers of pasta. Yum.
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Classic shortbread meets traditional gingerbread to make your new favorite Christmas cookie.
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Move over pumpkin pie — Black Bottom Oatmeal pie (think of it as a big oatmeal cookie baked into a pie crust!) deserves a spot on you Thanksgiving table.
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Autumn, in a bowl, served up with a little Parmesan cheese and croutons on top.
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Intensely chocolate-y, super fudgey, held together with a heap of crunchy almonds, a little orange scented, and beautiful with a shower of powdered sugar.
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Here we have a swirl of dreamy, chocolate-y hazelnut filling sandwiched between two crisp, buttery, cocoa cookies, the bittersweet flavor of the chocolate countering the sweetness of the filling, and the crunch of the cookie contrasting beautifully with the smooth Nutella. Need I go on?!
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There's nothing quite as heavenly as a cinnamon roll eaten warm, fresh out of the oven, and these right here are particularly dreamy, buttery and spicy and sweet all at the same time, beautified with generous dollops of glossy, cinnamon-tinged icing, 100% a joy to eat, down to the very last crumb.
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Ricotta and mascarpone combine to make a filling is sweet but not overwhelmingly so, vanilla-scented, and best of all, packed to the brim with bittersweet chocolate, the whole thing wrapped up and crisscrossed with crisp, golden brown pasta frolla.
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A crunchy, marshmallow-y hazelnut-meringue cookie from the Piedmont and Lombardy regions up in the north of Italy. They might not be the prettiest sweet you’ve ever seen, but they are oh so deilcious.
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Risotto that is buttery and rich and creamy and comforting (butter + Parmesan cheese have this down pat) the richness of the finished dish tempered by the bright sunny hit of lemon, and the fennel! The fennel here is sauteed in said butter, then left to almost braise in wine and broth along with the rice, where it becomes sweet, almost caramelized, its telltale licorice flavor present but softened around the edges.
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The cake is light and fluffy yet deeply chocolate-y, dressed up with one of the best frostings I've ever made, thick and truffle-y and glossy and downright addictive, just barely sweet. I topped the whole thing off with a snowfall of sprinkles, which are optional, but make the finished cake so festive and pretty they might as well be mandatory.
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Meet American hot chocolate’s exotic, wiser, slightly moodier older sister, one who had lived a year abroad in Europe, studied philosophy, and spent lots of time writing, or thinking deep thoughts. Ladies and gentleman, I give you Italy's cioccolata calda, dark and rich and thick enough to drink with a spoon.
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A look at the Eternal City at Christmastime.
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My favorite gingerbread cookies are soft and chewy, reminiscent of the snickerdoodle, its cinnamon-y cousin; they lose the classic gingerbread man shape, and thus any rolling or cutting, instead going directly from the bowl to the baking sheet; candy decorations and icing are swapped for a dusting of sugar, which makes the cookies sparkly and festive with half the work.
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Vegetarian friendly “meatballs” made with ricotta, packed with Parmesan and basil, fluffy and dumpling-like, simmered in a deeply flavorful tomato sauce.
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An arguably Thanksgiving appropriate lasagna, with butternut squash, béchamel sauce, and Parmesan, mozzarella, and a little prosciutto, for good measure.
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The very best potatoes I have ever made or eaten, with a crazy crisp exterior and creamy interior, extra herb-y and golden and glorious, perfect along side roast chicken or Thanksgiving turkey, yes, but just as marvelous eaten as are, from a cereal bowl, just you and a fork. I speak from experience.
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Braised beef with lots of sweet carrots and onions and earthy mushrooms and cozy herbs, the very definition of comfort food, divine served over a pool of sunshine-y golden polenta with a little Parmesan stirred in.
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A mix of Rome and the American South in these spicy, cheesy, flaky biscuits.
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