When it comes to comfort foods, few cuisines do it better than Italian and Italian-American fare. That said, while some recipes are fast-fix affairs, many others — meat sauces and meatballs in ...

Depending on how flavorful the marinara sauce or red sauce I have is, I’ll sometimes throw in 1/2 a teaspoon if Italian seasoning also for a bit more flavor.

And on busy weeknights, our slow cooker saves us time in the kitchen when we’re needed elsewhere. This is why when we find a new recipe that we can use our crockpot on , it’s an automatic must ...

To the slow cooker, add all of the ingredients above, mixing gently. Place the lid on the cooker and cook on low 5-6 hours or on high 3-4 hours. Divide between pasta bowls and serve immediately.

Recipes: Slow Cooker Curried Sweet Potato Soup With ... Sarah DiGregorio’s riff on the classic Italian vegetable soup is an excellent way to use up vegetables that are on the verge and bread ...

Culinary progress—like progress in general—is sometimes a matter of rediscovering the obvious by tripping over it. On one of her visits to Rome, cookbook author Michele Scicolone looked into ...