Preserving Rapini, Collard Greens
One of the first and last things to grow in an Italian garden is rapini, a collard green of which there are many...
Laura’s Pizzelle Recipe, di Pratola Peligna
How we came to meet Nonna Laura is a testament to the importance of what we are doing here at Nonna's Way. We...
Zucchini Flower Fritters, Fritelli di Zucchine
Yes, our gardens are still inundated with zucchini! There are so many dishes you can prepare with this wonderful vegetable, so we thought we would...
Twist Cookies
Angela was so excited that we finally got Nonna Caterina to make her favourite cookies-"twists". Truth be told, we're not even sure if...
Garden update
Just a little garden update for you from Nonno Giovanni! Asparagus have gone to seed now so we hope you enjoyed them and attempted...
Stuffed Zucchini Flowers- Deep Fried–Fiori di Zucchine
Welcome to Nonna's Way test kitchen! Today, Angela and I decided we would prepare deep fried stuffed zucchini flowers ourselves instead of taking...
Homemade Pasta, La pasta fatta in casa
We can't very well have a blog about Italian food without covering the ins and outs of homemade pasta! For some reason it...
Polpette, Italian Meatballs
Everyone raves about this 'polpette' recipe, Italian for 'meatballs', that nonna Francesca has been making for over 50 years. She originally got this...
Melanzane Ripiene, Stuffed Eggplant
No other topic - not even religion or politics - provokes such enthusiastic discussion in my mother's family like melanzane ripiene or stuffed...
Potato Pizza
Here's the next pizza feature that we promised. We were back at Nonna Anna's this week for her long awaited potato pizza recipe. One would think...
