Category Archives: Italian

New Zealand Lamb Shanks

Posted on June 28, 2021 by cookinginsens

New Zealand, baby! Veal and lamb is rare in our town and I’ve never found the shank or “souris” of either here. As far as New Zealand lamb goes, I believe I found some chops in Scranton labeled New Zealand … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, herbs, lamb, recipe, sausage, shank, souris | 8 Comments

Hot Italian Sausage, Onions and Peppers

Posted on February 26, 2020 by cookinginsens

The Butcher Shoppe in Lake Poconos was selling homemade, hot Italian sausage that the owner warned us, several times, of it’s spiciness. Yeah right, we said. Give us six. They were very hot and spicy, but in a good way … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged American, cooking, food, food photography, Italian, onions, pasta, peppers, recipe, sausage, tomato sauce | 6 Comments

Italian Style Peppers and Onions

Posted on September 19, 2017 by cookinginsens

Unlike the monopolistic, corporate suppliers of produce to U.S. supermarkets, I don’t think our government realizes how much their Pennsylvania constituents depend on Mexico. The only bell peppers, garlic (not good), avocados and tomatoes I could find in the supermarket … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Recipes, Sandwich, Vegetables | Tagged cooking, food, Italian, peppers, recipe, sandwich, sausage, Vegetables | 16 Comments

Shrimp and Sausage Stuffed Calamari with Linguini

Posted on February 16, 2017 by cookinginsens

I was very excited about repeating this recipe. The first time I made it was in Germany with enormous calamari tubes that I found in an Italian supermarket. As I made my list, I wasn’t too worried about the ingredients, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes, Seafood | Tagged calamari, cooking, food, food photography, Italian, linguini, recipe, sausage, Shrimp, squid, stuffed | 14 Comments

Hot Italian Sausages with Peppers

Posted on April 21, 2016 by cookinginsens

In the beginning of my married, cooking life it was necessary to school my husband and children in the mathematics of taste. One of my first lessons was Mild = Tasteless. Having grown up eating in a family who didn’t see anything wrong … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Recipes, Sandwich | Tagged bell peppers, cooking, food, food photography, Italian sausage, recipe, sandwich, tomato sauce | 24 Comments

Practice What You Preach

Posted on October 28, 2015 by cookinginsens

When speaking to the French about their style of pizza, I’ve always been snobbish and probably annoying, yet honest. It’s true that their pizza sauce, when there is any, doesn’t have the necessary Italian herbs and aromatics and that their crusts lack … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged American, cooking, food, food photography, Italian sausage, pizza, recipe, tomato sauce | 19 Comments

Pappardelle avec Petit Pois

Posted on August 5, 2015 by cookinginsens

Inspiration for the pasta with peas came from Saveurs magazine. The recipe was a little crazy because the title was Pappardelle with peas and mint but there wasn’t any mint in the recipe however there was basil. Peu import, as they … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged Bayonne ham, cooking, food, food photography, pappardelle, pasta, peas, recipe, ricotta, zucchini | 31 Comments

Souris d’Agneau

Posted on May 13, 2014 by cookinginsens

I’ve been looking at two, aged, drying out lamb shanks in my freezer, it seems like forever. I wonder when and where I bought them…. Thank God for Greg at Rufus Guide for his inspirational sauce with Italian sausages. I didn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, Italian sausage, lamb shanks, pasta, recipe, sauce | 32 Comments

Okay, I Baked

Posted on May 12, 2014 by cookinginsens

I made this muffuletta sandwich the other day but we ate it too fast for pictures. So yesterday I made the olive salad again because it was all gone, baked the bread and got some end of the day and … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Italian, Recipes, Sandwich | Tagged cooking, food, food photography, muffuletta, New Orleans, recipes, sandwich | 18 Comments

Olive Salad for Muffuletta

Posted on May 1, 2014 by cookinginsens

I’ve been thinking about New Orleans muffuletta sandwiches a lot! And really, I’ve been thinking about the muffuletta olive salad which is delicious. You can just put it on a piece of bread or mound it on salad greens and … Continue reading →