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Chef Efisio Farris Goes Home

12 Italian Classics You Need to Try Now Americans think they know everything about Italian food, but there’s a world to learn—starting with these unmissable, lesser-known classics, from the grilled flat-bread sandwiches of Emilia-Romagna to Sicily’s pistachio pestos.

Editor's Letter

Editors’ Favorite Italian Restaurants From coast to coast, F&W’s editors know where to find the best and most authentic Italian restaurants—often in unexpected places.

Five Unknown or Underrated Italian Ingredients Chef Anne Burrell shares her favorites, and quick ways to use them

Sardinia: Chef Efisio Farris Goes Home Efisio Farris has been hard at work bringing the flavors of his native sardinia to america. At home for a visit, he takes time to indulge in the island’s classic dishes.

Sting & Trudie’s Tuscany: An Organic Tale Rocker Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, will soon export the olive oil and honey they make at their Tuscan retreat to America. Here, they discuss their passion for Italy while their chef, Joe Sponzo, shares his best Italian recipes.

Taste-Test Winners: Italian Imports To find the best sun-dried tomatoes, instant polenta, artisanal pasta and other key Italian ingredients, the F&W staff tasted 76 imports. Here are our nine favorite jarred, boxed and bagged foods, plus superfast ways to use them.

The New Trattoria Cooking Drawing on the best ingredients in Italy—and beyond—chefs like Umbria’s Salvatore Denaro are bringing new vitality to the trattoria tradition.

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Fast Star Italian Ingredients
Home The New Eurochic
Last Bite Creamy Rose Panna Cotta
Master Cook Marcella’s Favorite Seafood Recipe
Pairing of the Month Luxe Wine, Luxe Food
Restaurants An Expert’s Opinionated Guide to Italy’s Best Restaurants
Tasting Room Italy’s top 25 under $20
Test Kitchen The Perfect Tomato Sauce
Travel 100 Hours of Solitude in Venice
Travel Italy’s Top Cooking Schools
Travel Passages to Italy: A Wine to Remember
Travel Passages to Italy: Anchovy School
Travel Passages to Italy: Sidewalk Rage
Travel Passages to Italy: The Infinite Pantry
Well-Being Recipes from an Italian Garden
Wine Italian Grapes from A to Z
Wine Matters Is Barolo Still Italy’s Greatest Wine?

News & Notes An Italian Style Breakfast
News & Notes Ingredient-Obsessed Ice Cream Makers
News & Notes New Italian Kitchen Designs
News & Notes Pasta Pantry
News & Notes Stellar Chocolatier
News & Notes Supersize Tiles
News & Notes Venetian Vase