Recipe #4 in my new vegitalian series A friend of mine recently visited the town of Tropea in the southern-Italian region of Calabria. When he told me he was going, my…

This is not the traditional recipe for risi e bisi (Venetian rice and peas). This is the version that my mother cooked for me when I was a kid.

More vegitalian food in the shape of orecchiette alle cime di rapa, one of the most famous dishes from Italy’s Puglia region.

The first recipe in my new vegitalian series: polpette di melanzane—eggplant balls—a tasty snack, starter, or main from Puglia.

Starting tomorrow, I am going to be publishing a series of traditional Italian recipes suitable for vegetarians or, as you might call it, vegitalian food.