April 30th is National Oatmeal Cookie Day and I’m appearing on Fox 5 Morning in DC! I’ll be sharing recipes from my new Diabetes Desserts For Dummies cookbook and explaining how using simple yet healthful ingredients can make delicious and nutritious desserts.

January is National Baking Month and the perfect time to warm up with wholesome and delicious recipes from the oven. If your New Year’s resolutions have to do with improving health and happiness, then baking is the perfect pastime to take up, if you’re not already doing so.

Anaīs Nin said that “we write to taste life twice.” For those of us who create cookbooks, however, we write to help others taste the best that life has to offer. In honor of World Book Day and the official launch date of my 17 th cookbook, the Diabetes Cookbook for Dummies on April 23, I’m suggesting 3 ways to celebrate!

Variations of this traditional Easter recipe exist throughout Calabria. In some areas, this dough mixture is the same one that is placed around eggs at Easter time.

February 13 is National Italian Food Day, and this year I thought I’d share the Italian recipe from my top Italian post. It comes as no surprise, just a few days after we celebrated National Pizza Day, that the world’s most popular food would be at top place!

Despite the fact that Italian food has earned top rank as both the world's and the United States' favorite cuisine, there are still many layers of regional flavors that remain unknown outside of their respective communities. Among these "culinary time capsules," as I like to call them, are the Italian flavors of North Africa. "Maghreb" is the Arabic word for "sunset" which was given as the Arabic name of the modern-day country of Morocco because it was the Western most country of the Arab world, from where the sun sets.

February 13 is National Italian Food Day in the United States, and I'm ready to celebrate my love for all things Italian on Fox 5 DC tomorrow! Since it's the day before Valentine's Day, I thought heart shaped Ravioli Capresi, a recipe unique to the romantic island of Capri, would be the perfect dish to demonstrate.

We’re just a few nights away from the Winter Solstice and we could all use a little extra cheer on our tables. But since Christmas and New Year are just days away, there's no time to spare. Here are my top 5 fun, easy, and creative Italian solutions for holiday entertaining

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Before we begin discussing pasta recipes, there are three important integral elements of the Italian kitchen that can't be overlooked. One of the top challenges in creating authentic Italian pasta recipes is choosing the proper pasta shape and the best sauce to compliment.

Summertime and outdoor gatherings go hand in hand, but many people are challenged when preparing warm-weather meals. Here are a few of my favorite Italian recipes from my newly released Italian Recipes for Dummies.

"Ci sono vini buoni, molto buoni o buonissimi, ma che col tempo puoi dimenticare, semplicemente perché ce ne sono tanti. Poi ci sono i vini indimenticabili, decisamente pochi, che popolano una ristretta lista personale che ciascuno di noi ha messo là perché colpito, forse, da una sfumatura organolettica inaspettata. E poi ci sono i vini emozionanti, difficilissimi da incontrare ma facilissimi da riconoscere…

A few years ago, my ancestral homeland of Calabria was named “Italy’s most delicious secret” by Traveler Magazine, and this year, for the first time, the Association of Italian Sommelier’s Guida Vitae 2022 named one our wines, Librandi’s Megonio IGP, “The Best Italian Wine” for 2022.