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An Italian sauce that is usually combined with fettuccine noodles and is referred to as fettuccine Alfredo.

An abbreviation for Italian wines which refers to "Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita" or "Controlled Denomination of Origin Guaranteed".

An ingredient often used in Italian cooking that consists of crushed tomato that are processed through a sieve to create a slightly chunky mixture.

An ingredient often used in Italian cooking that consists of crushed tomato that are processed through a sieve to create a slightly chunky mixture.

A food spread typically made with Italian black olives that are pureed and mixed with olive oil and black pepper.

A classic Italian sauce that is made with tuna and anchovies that are puréed with egg yolks, lemon juice, olive and tuna oil, and seasonings.

A traditional Italian cheese made from unpasteurized cow's milk. It is processed into a pale straw colored cheese with a firm, creamy texture providing a slightly nutty and buttery flavor.

A type of rice, named after a town in northwest Italy, that is one of the most popular varieties used for Italian risotto recipes.

A type of medium-grain Italian rice that is known for its natural black and rust colored grains and its pleasing aroma.

A dry Italian salami, which generally consists of equal parts of pork and beef, however it can be produced with all pork meat.

Shell shaped pasta that comes in a variety of sizes. The larger pasta shells, called "conchiglie" in Italian, are used for stuffing with ingredients such as meat, vegetables, cheese, and legumes.

A semi-hard to hard well-known Italian cheese made from partially skimmed cow's milk processed during the spring, summer or fall.

An Italian roast pork dish traditionally made by slow roasting a suckling pig stuffed with ingredients and basting it with olive oil during the cooking process to keep it moist.

Traditional Italian bread that is formed into an oval or rounded rectangular shape loaf. Baked with a hard crust, Ciabatta bread contains a soft-textured, open to dense crumb.

Translated in Italian, the term Capricci means whimsy which is a good word to use when describing the shape created for this pasta.

An Italian word used to describe "small bundles" of food stuffed into a rolled food wrap. Foods such as veal, dry sausage, fruits, vegetables, and fish are all foods that can be thinly sliced to serve as a wrap that is placed around stuffings of various ingredients and referred to as involtini, such as veal involtini or eggplant involtini.

An Italian wine that is made using the Passito Method in the Veneto region. During the drying process, the grapes may develop Botrytis Cinerea, giving them added intensity and fullness.

A type of Italian cured pork made from the cheeks and jowls of hogs and commonly considered to be a form of bacon.

A traditional Italian food dish made with veal shanks dredged in flour, chopped vegetables such as onions, celery, tomatoes, and carrots, that cook together in a chicken or beef stock with seasonings such as olive oil, garlic, marjoram, pepper, thyme, and white wine.

An Italian olive paste, used as a food spread or sauce, that is made with green olives pureed and mixed with olive oil, anchovies, capers, lemon juice, vinegar, red chiles, garlic and assorted herbs and seasonings.