Welcome to the best collection of authentic Italian Food recipes on the internet!

Discover how to make classic Italian food like they do in Italy! Easy step-by-step instructions and 4K video recipes— Everything you need to learn to cook like an Italian!

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Italian Food: Main Course Recipes

We are passionate about authentic, traditional Italian recipes. From world-renowned Italian pasta recipes to lesser-known meat sauces and even vegetarian Italian food recipes— we’ve got it all! Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe, Tuscan Bean Soup, Ragu Bolognese Sauce and more!

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Italian Food: Just Pasta Recipes!

Are you an Italian pasta lover? You’ll love these authentic Italian pasta recipes enjoyed by Italians in Italy today! Pasta recipes are considered a primo piatto (first plate) when there are multiple courses. They are very often eaten at lunch.

Italian Food: Dessert Recipes

You’ve heard of Tiramisù… but what about all of the other classic Italian desserts that Italy has to offer? In our recipe collection, you’ll also find lesser-known favorites like this Zuppa Inglese recipe or this Italian Lemon Layered Cake Recipe (Torta Mimosa in Italian)!

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How to Cook Like An Italian!

Food matters a lot in Italy. Italians grow up learning to identify quality and freshness in ingredients. 

Compared to the cuisine of some other cultures, Italian cuisine tends to use fewer ingredients with a focus on bringing out the best in those ingredients. Italians love quality ingredients and they want to taste those ingredients, in balance with one another.

Choose Fresh, Seasonal Ingredients

There seems to naturally be a focus on eating seasonal ingredients in Italy. Yes, it’s true that with imports and greenhouses, it’s easier to find food not in season on the supermarket shelves. However, Italian families are keenly aware of what is ‘in season’ and expect any produce imported out of season to be of lesser quality and taste. 

In spring, Italians reach for zucchini—and zucchini flowers! In summer? Dishes revolve around seasonal tomatoes, fresh vegetables and basil. Autumn is the season of chestnuts, mushrooms and olives. Winter brings with it seasonal veggies like cabbage, cauliflower and wild game such as boar.

Treat Each Ingredient with Care

Once Italian cooks have purchased the best ingredients, the attention to detail doesn’t stop there! To cook like an Italian, we need to do the little things to bring out the best flavor an ingredient has to offer.

For example, Italians want to taste the tomato in tomato sauce— so using an inferior tomato product and adding flavor with sugar or a ton of spices is not the Italian way.  

How do you treat ingredients to bring out their best? Here are some examples:

• Celery? Remove the outer, stringy part of the celery before cooking with it
• Leafy Greens? Remove any stems that are tough to chew
• Tomatoes? Use only quality, ripe tomato products. Look for canned and jarred tomatoes that say they are made with San Marzano tomatoes—known worldwide for their sweetness.
• Herbs and spices? Don’t purchase pre-packaged food that is already flavored. Add your own herbs and spices while cooking—using fresh herbs when possible. That means fresh garlic (not dried or dehydrated), fresh onions, fresh herbs.

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