Wine gelatin is easy to make and is a refined way to end a meal, either as a dessert or served with cheese. Here is an easy Italian wine gelatin recipe.

Eggplant Parmesan, in Italian Melanzane alla Parmigiana, is an always popular Italian dish. Here is a traditional Eggplant Parmesan recipe.

How to make Risotto with Mushrooms, one of the most popular risotto recipes and a great Italian comfort food.

Zampone or cotechino served with lentils is what most Italians eat for dinner at New Year’s Eve. Zampone is a stuffed pig’s foot which has been deboned and filled with ground pork meat and rind mixed with spices, while cotechino is a large size sausage filled with the same type of mixture.

In Italy, the main reason for having a Christmas Eve dinner at home is to cook, eat and have a merry good time. In the USA, this is known also as the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Find the menu here.

Zeppole are a type of Italian fritters very popular for festivities like Christmas and Saint Joseph.

Pasta Frittata is a very quick recipe and can be made with leftover pasta and tomato sauce. If no leftovers, make a delicious “white” pasta frittata, like in this recipe.

Baccalà, or salt cod fish, stewed in a light tomato sauce with potatoes and black olives, is traditionally prepared throughout the South of Italy as part of the Christmas Eve dinner and for the Feast of the Seven Fishes in the U.S.

Risotto alla Pescatora, or Fisherman Style Risotto, with mussels, clams, calamari and shrimps, is a recipe traditionally prepared and served as first course during the Christmas Eve dinner.

Stracciatella alla Romana, Roman style egg soup, is a typical soup from the traditional Roman cuisine. This soup recipe is very easy and fast to prepare.