Fava Beans are in season right now, and people are often stumped on how to cook them. Basically, fava beans are like a sweeter, creamier version of lima beans or peas. They are bright green when ...

Like a stone being booted across the water from Calabria to Tunisia, Sicily sits almost in the center of the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, Sicily has had more than its share of contact with its ...

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If you've never tried it before, mixing raisins and pasta may sound like an unlikely combo. You may only associate these dried grapes with sweet dishes like cinnamon-raisin bread and oatmeal-raisin ...

Succulent veal with a sweet Marsala wine sauce and pasta with tomatoes and eggplant were two dishes I savored on a recent trip to Sicily. Marsala is a sweet fortified Sicilian wine that is produced in ...

My Sicilian grandmother often made this pasta and ricotta when I was a kid and it satisfied my comfort-food cravings. It might have been the forerunner of mac and cheese. The creamy sauce, made with ...

INDEPENDENCE, La. (WGNO) — Organizers of the Independence Sicilian Heritage Festival hosted the annual Spaghetti Cook-Off event on Saturday, March 2. WGNO spoke with this year’s Sicilian Heritage ...

When a new spot opens in town, we can’t wait to check it out – and let you know our initial impressions, share a few photos, and dish about some menu items. First Taste, as the name implies, is not a ...

Summer is the time for what we like to call "big-batch salads," hearty dishes that are large enough to serve about 12 to 16 people, making them ideal for picnics and barbecues. We focus our big-batch ...

"Salty as the sea?" We don't think so.