June 2010

Inside:

Cook: Celebrate summer with more than 50 fabulous recipes.

Drink: Check out our favorite Italian wine bargains with 25 stellar wines all under $25, and some much less than that.

Eat: Few foods are as delicious as crisp-skinned, meltingly tender porchetta. Find out how it's done in Italy, where to eat it here, and even how to mimic it at home.

Shop: Discover the must-have ingredients for a well stocked Italian pantry.

On sale May 18.

Articles from this issue

A Porchetta Find In The Big Apple

Sara Jenkins makes porchetta in New York City for happy to customers who know it's all about the pig.

Happy As A Clam

Enjoy these varied recipes featuring clams and mussels, too.

La Cucina Cooking Classes In New York

A Few Of Our Favorite Things

Stock your pantry with these Italian ingredients and enjoy great flavors all of the time

features

25 under $25
Our list of must-try, unique Italian wines that are available stateside and won’t break the bank.

Cozze & Vongole
The reserved and saline flavors of mussels and clams take the lead in a collection of simple recipes.

Escarole & Endive
These two types of chicory bring their verdant and vitamin-rich leaves to several different courses.

La Porchetta
Inside the Lazian headquarters of the crispy, juicy and aromatic roast pork that’s devoured across Italy as the nation’s coveted fast food.

New York Edition
Chef Sara Jenkins makes porchetta par excellence in America at her small storefront in the Big Apple’s East Village.

Ready for Raspberries
This vivid fruit lends its bright color and tart flavor to six summer desserts.

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The Pantry
This list of imported basics fills your cupboard with choice essentials from Italy.

Wine
Sicily’s bright Cerasuolo di Vittoria is the island’s most exciting red, filled with cherry and spice.

Semplice
Fresh fava beans and spaghettini pasta, a quick crudità salad and sorbet in cookie cups shape an easy and well-balanced menu.

Leggero
This healthy meal of whole grain and vegetable salad, grilled stuffed calamari and strawberries with gelato is fit for summer.

Cocktail
The bubbly and refreshing Fiori di Grappa Ruta brings together alpine blossoms and botanical spice with grappa and strawberries.

Cooking School
Learn to make polpette con composta di mirtilli, meatballs with a blueberry compote, served in a poppy seed pastry.

Intervista
The star striker and captain of AS Roma, Francesco Totti is one of soccer’s most prominent players. Off the pitch, we discover that this Romano likes lasagna.