Italian food is the best in the world, but restaurants in Ferrara do things a little differently. The city’s signature dishes are derived from a Renaissance-era cookbook, beloved of Lucrezia Borgia.

Why Marcella Hazan Is Still Teaching Us How to Cook Italian Pete Wells explores how the revered cookbook author changed the way Americans think about the cuisine.

A direct descendant of the storied Medici clan that ruled Florence during the Italian Renaissance, Ms. de’ Medici, who died at 97 on June 23 at her home in Milan, brought more than recipes to ...

A new Giardino Trattoria & Pizzeria had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 12 N. River St., in the historic Hobbs Building in Aurora. It is the second of three Italian restaurants to open ...

Our Florence travel guide! What a city Florence is. Not just the heart of the Italian renaissance but birthplace of opera and ...

Is Vermentino the New Chardonnay? Inside Sonoma Wines’ Italian Renaissance Drought-resistant, heat-tolerant Italian varieties are moving in on acreage once planted to French grapes.

In a town in Tuscany, some cooks are moving away from the stove to cook meals in boxes with thick wool lining. These portable ovens use the wool's convection properties as a means of slow cooking.

Osteria Francescana Alum’s Flatiron Newcomer Offers a Seductive Selection of Italian Cooking Critic Robert Sietsema takes a first look at Rezdora, finding that it excels at lesser-seen ...