Meat
Cotolette/Cutlets
Cotolette are one of my favorite dishes my mother makes. I am not the only one who enjoys…
Issue 3 May 2026
Second Dishes
Melanzane Ripiene/Stuffed Eggplant
If I mention to friends that I’m making my mother’s eggplant recipe, they instantly think of eggplant parmigiano. But we never ate eggplant parmigiano growing up.…
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Bread
Pitta Pane Calabrese/Calabrese Pitta Bread
Pitta …a traditional Calabrese bread. Soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside! In Calabrese cooking, pitta…
Soups
Pasta e piselli (Pasta and Peas)
In Calabria Pasta e piselli (Pasta and peas) is made with tomatoes and is a soup. The peas…
Soups
Minestra – Rice and Potatoes/Riso e Patate
Riso e Patate is one of my all-time favorite minestre. I love it so much that to savor…
Soups
Chicken Soup with chicken meatballs/ Polpettine in Brodo di Pollo
Brodo (literally broth or soup) is one of those comfort foods…hot and tasty…ideal on cold days and a…
Soups
Minestra – Broccoli Rabe, Beans, and Potatoes/Cime di Rapa, Fagioli e Patate
In Calabria, a minestra is a soup. It’s a hearty soup, thick in consistency, more like a stew. A minestra…
Pasta
Taglierini-Tagliatelle
Although not exclusively Calabrese, Tagliatelle – or Taglierini as we called them, are one of the many homemade…
