Italian Dishes

As anyone who reads Catz even occasionally knows, pizza is a staple in the Rief household. Yes, it’s right up there with bread and milk. Making a very nearly weekly appearance …

Chicken Marsala is something that has been on our “to-try” list for awhile – ever since we started making peace with mushrooms, actually. Believe it or not, for the first …

This whole getting body back after baby thing is pretty slow going. I’m one of those girls that expects results over night, and when I don’t get them, I get …

This dish owes its fame in modern times almost entirely to the Old Spaghetti Factory. In fact, in every menu at each of the chain’s 40 restaurants, there is a …

You know how sometimes you stumble upon a recipe that is so easy and such a no brainer, that you go,”Gee, now why didn’t I think of that?” Well that …

I get a lot of requests for one pot dishes. That can be a tall order to fill sometimes, because so many recipes have many different steps that most of …

I enjoyed watching the Rachael Ray Show episode with Giada where she cooked her homemade marinara sauce so much, that I had to make another recipe from the show, this …

Okay, so we should just get this out of the way at the beginning. I am not referring to the Sicilian island of Stromboli, known for the “Strombolian eruption.” I …

Well, I’ve been gone from this blog for a couple of weeks – still an avid reader, of course, and, more than anything else, an avid eater! You see, I …