italian food

  • Baked Rigatoni with Tomato Sauce

    Baked Rigatoni with Tomato Sauce

    Here is my version of baked rigatoni with rich tomato sauce. This hearty and cheesy dish is one of these truly comfort foods everyone loves.

  • Authentic Genovese-Style Pesto

    Authentic Genovese-Style Pesto

    Pesto originated in the Liguria region of northwest Italy, which is home to what is called the Italian Riviera. To make authentic Genovese pesto (Genoa is Liguria’s capitol), you should…

  • Pasta Aio e Oio with Shrimp 

    Pasta Aio e Oio with Shrimp 

    One of my favorite preparations for pasta – and one of the easiest – is aio e oio (also called aglio e olio). It’s a classic Roman dish usually made…

  • Easy Pasta Recipe : Aio E Oio (Garlic, Olive Oil, and Chili Flakes)

    Easy Pasta Recipe : Aio E Oio (Garlic, Olive Oil, and Chili Flakes)

    A quick and easy “sauce” of garlic (aio), olive oil (oio), and chili flakes is tossed with pasta and parsley – that’s pretty much it.

  • Scheff’s Table – Simple Meat Sauce for Pasta

    Scheff’s Table – Simple Meat Sauce for Pasta

    Many authentic Bolognese-style Italian meat sauce recipes for pasta are cumbersome and time-consuming. The sauce often has to cook for the better part of a day, or even longer.

  • Molise 2.0: New Digs for Venerable Caffe Molise

    Molise 2.0: New Digs for Venerable Caffe Molise

    Now, after nearly a quarter century in its Salt Palace-adjacent location on 100 South, Caffe Molise has moved.

  • Festa Italiana SLC 2018

    Festa Italiana SLC 2018

    This weekend is Festa Italiana SLC 2018 at The Gateway in SLC on Saturday and Sunday. And, the festive event will feature sips of a number of Italian beverages for…

  • Scheff’s Table: Heirloom Caprese Salad

    Scheff’s Table: Heirloom Caprese Salad

    I love the time of summer when our heirloom tomatoes from the garden are ripe enough to eat. Because that means enjoying heirloom Caprese salads! Italy’s Caprese salad – named…

  • Scheff’s Table: Cacio e Pepe

    Scheff’s Table: Cacio e Pepe

    Cacio e pepe is an extremely simple, rustic dish with very few ingredients, but one that is hard to get right. Pepe in Italian means “pepper,” and cacio is a…

  • Pasta with Basil Pesto Recipe

    Pasta with Basil Pesto Recipe

    With fresh basil growing like crazy in our garden this summer, it’s hard to find ways to use it all. But here’s a really tasty (and easy) way to make…

  • Spaghetti Carbonara with Eggs

    Spaghetti Carbonara with Eggs

    If I were asked to name my very favorite single dish, I think it would have to be spaghetti carbonara. It’s like having bacon and eggs, but with pasta. It’s…

  • BLT Bucatini Recipe

    BLT Bucatini Recipe

    This is one of my very favorite pasta dishes – one that makes use of pancetta (bacon), arugula (lettuce) and cherry tomatoes: BLT. I like to make this using thick…

  • The Dish: Utah Food Scene Updates

    The Dish: Utah Food Scene Updates

    Cafe Niche Cafe Niche chef Andy Morrison is offering a tempting 3-course $30 dinner menu during the month of March. The dinners begin with a choice of daily soup or…