Some dishes lose a little something when adapted to the demands of a restaurant. An expert in Italian cuisine avoids this ...

Certain Italian ingredients have become staples in American kitchens. But extra-virgin olive oil and San Marzano tomatoes ...

Creamy, buttery pastas are delightful, but if you’ve always thought they lacked depth of flavor, try this one, which gets a ...

I have a dirty little secret: I never really liked Christmas ham! Which is why this “Seven Fishes” Christmas Eve seafood splurge at Quiessence sounds so delicious. (Here’s the menu.) It was inspired ...

The Italian-centered Christmas Eve tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes is a nod to the old in a place that is new. It’s complex and simple, strict and forgiving, as big or as small as you would ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While others spend Christmas Eve wrapping gifts or preparing eggnog, Jack Chiaro will be frying smelts, eel and squid. Like many Italian families in New England and elsewhere, ...