Favata Sarda is a robust winter stew of dried fava beans, pork, sausage, cabbage and aromatics. Slow cooking transforms inexpensive ingredients into a dense, savory dish associated especially with northern Sardinia and communal winter meals.

Gramigna alla Salsiccia (Traditional Italian Bologna Pasta with Sausage) Story of the Dish Gramigna alla Salsiccia is one of Bologna’s great everyday pasta dishes. Gramigna is a short, curved tubular pasta that catches small pieces of sausage and sauce in every bite. The dish is direct and deeply Emilian: fresh pork sausage provides most of the flavor, onion gives sweetness, white wine brings acidity, and tomato is used only to support the sausage rather than dominate it. Par

Traditional Italian Basilicata Horseradish Frittata Story of the Dish Rafanata Lucana is one of Basilicata's most distinctive traditional dishes, especially associated with the province of Potenza and the mountainous interior. It resembles a thick baked frittata, but its defining ingredient is fresh horseradish, whose sharp perfume and pungent heat give the dish a character unlike almost any other Italian egg preparation. Eggs, grated horseradish, Pecorino, potatoes, and some