vegetarian lasagna

Best Italian Food in Chicago's Ukranian Village

In my neighborhood? Don’t call me, but do eat some Italian food nearby. Click on the blue bubbles to read about my favs:

View Best Italian Food in Chicago’s Ukranian Village in a larger map

Sausage Cacciatore with Polenta Recipe

Fast fact: Slaves introduced sausages to Italy

I hate going outside on Sundays. Oh wait…it’s Saturday. Meh, truth be told, I don’t really like going outside any day of the week.

Problem was I wanted to eat polenta for dinner. But I didn’t have chicken, which I usually cook with polenta.

What’s a girl to do in [...]

The McItaly - Critics Debate if McDonald's New Italian Hamburger Is Mmmm Mmmm Good

Do they supersize in Italy?

It’s lunchtime. Do you want a panino or a McItaly?

That’s right…the land that invented chicken cacciatore is now home to the McItaly, a new McDonald’s burger. A government official, who went to the grand unveiling in Rome, said the “sandwich has great ambitions.”

The burger is made with beef from [...]

Chicken Cacciatore Recipe

Ingredients

2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken thighs and breasts
2 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3/4 cup dry white wine
2 15 oz cans tomato sauce
3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth

Directions

1. Sprinkle the chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon of each salt and pepper.

2. In a large heavy saute pan, heat the [...]

Spinach Vegetarian Lasagna

I’m off to Mexico, which isn’t very Italian of me, but it’s a lot warmer there than it is in Italy. And a ton less expensive. Plus, I’m traveling to Puerto Escondido, a small beach town that has a huge Italian population.

But I doubt they have anything like my very own spinach vegetarian lasagna recipe. [...]

The Real Jersey Shore Controversy: No Italian Food

I fear I look like Nicole from Jersey Shore. Say it ain't so.

Italian-American groups want to whack MTV’s Jersey Shore’s cast and creators (and now they probably want to whack me for that whack reference).  What’s got their meatballs in a knot? According to three Italian-American groups:

the cast makes all Italian-Americans look stupid [...]

MTV's Jersey Shore vs. Barilla Commercials - What's Worse?

All kinds of Italian American groups are having a hissy fit over MTV’s new reality tv show “Jersey Shore.” The show, which airs this Thursday night, documents the exploits of Italian Americans on the Jersey Shore. The critics are freaking out over the way MTV has described the cast as “guidos” in promos for the [...]

Pasta Fritte Recipe: Italian Fried Dough

Check out this video of my mom, my sister and I making pasta fritte. This Northern Italian dish is fried dough, which you then stuff with cold cuts like salami and cheese.

Ingrediants:

Pillsbury Hot Roll Mix, prepared according to directions on box
flour
3 cups olive oil
salami, cheese and other cold cuts

Directions:

How to Avoid Catching the Flu While Sharing Italian Food

It can make you fat and give you the flu.

After 15 people died from the swine flu in Italy, churchgoers stopped dipping their hands into the communal holy water fountains, worried an infected person may have done the same.

So this smartypants invented an electronic holy water fountain for churches. It works like automatic [...]

Italian Pork Roast

All that's good about this world is captured in this photo. Not to be dramatic.

You can approach Sunday night one of two ways:

A time to relax with family.
A time to dread work tomorrow morning.

I suggest the first. This recipe will help you feel the same way about Sunday night too.

Italian Pork Roast

2 pound [...]