Italian Cooking Videos

"Gnocchi di Patate" (Homemade Potato Gnocchi) are yet another very humble treasure of Italian culinary tradition that can be eaten in its many different regional variations all across the "Bel Paese". In Italy they are often sold at local bread bakeries, along with many different kind of fresh made pastas and ravioli, and also are very well represented on the mass market in their prepackaged, usually much drier version. Because of the simplicity of the ingredients used in the preparation of Gnocchi, many believe it to be a dish that was mostly prepared in the country by farmers; truth is that, because potatoes were introduced in the European diet only after the Americas were discovered, the original roots of this dish are not really easy to trace.

We join Chef Lidia Bastianich at the NY Botanical Garden's Edible Garden as she demonstrates some great recipes using fresh garden herbs and vegetables. Here she makes a savory crostata filled with rice, zucchini & ricotta cheese. A production of the Culinary Media Network.www.culinarymedianetwork.com

Gino Federici, The Italian Singing Gourmet shows you how to make Bruschetta.

The Italian Singing Gourmet, Gino Federici, shares with you a favorite Italian dessert, Zabaione. In the Italian tradition it is a breakfast dessert. Originating in Turin, Gino's home town, in the mid-1600s by a Franciscan monk, Fra' Pasquale de Baylon. Fra' Pasquale encouraged his parishioners to enjoy the recipe as a way to maintain good health and restore their vigor. Saint Pasquale is the patron saint of pastry chefs and his feast day is May 17th.

The Italian Singing Gourmet - Gino Federici - shows you how easy it is to make Ricotta cheese in your own kitchen. Have some for dinner tonight!

Gino Federici, The Italian Singing Gourmet, makes a very special dish, Puttanesca! There is quite a story behind the origins of the dish. Served by the "madam" of the house! Despite it's origins it is a fantastic dish.

ReMARKable Palate #203: Local and not-so-local Foods with Julia Della Croce Today’s show is a revisiting of a conversation I had exactly a year ago with Julia Della Croce, one of the pre-eminent authorities on Italian food. Julia has written 11 cookbooks, each focusing on regional Italian cookery. When we spoke a year ago, we discussed the local food movement and what it means for food in America, and it’s interesting how much has changed in a year, with people embracing the idea of intentional food choices, and improving the quality of food we feed our children in schools. Here’s that conversation again. Theme Song: Go Fish , by Big Money Grip, from the Podsafe Music Network. ReMARKable Palate is a production of The Culinary Media Network. www.culinarymedianetwork.com