Fabulicious!: Teresa's Italian Family Cookbook (2 page)

F
ABULICIOUS
F
OCACCIA

P
RONTO
P
RESTO
P
IZZA
D
OUGH

Chapter 5

The Lighter Side of Life

N
O
B
READ
L
EFT
B
EHIND
C
ROUTONS

A
MAZING
A
RUGULA
S
ALAD

L
AS
V
EGAS
C
AESAR
S
ALAD

R
OASTED
P
ORTOBELLO AND
R
OSEMARY
S
ALAD

C
APRI
S
ALAD
C
OUPLING

G
ENOA
L
OVE
Y
OU
S
ANDWICH

C
HICKEN
P
ESTO
P
ANINI

P
ROSCIUTTO
A
SPARAGI
P
ANINI

H
OT
R
OMAN
P
ASTA
F
AGIOLI

G
EMILLI
T
WISTS WITH
T
OMATO
S
OFFRITO

Chapter 6

Antipasto: Come On-A My House

O
LIVE
J
UICE
B
READ
B
ATH

L
OVE
M
E
T
ENDER
E
GGPLANT
C
APONATA

C
AULI
-F
LOWERS

C
OTTO
C
ALAMARI
R
INGS

Chapter 7

The Main (Meaty) Event

H
UNTER’S
C
HICKEN
C
ACCIATORE

R
OASTED
R
OSMARINO
C
HICKEN

D
EVIL
S
HRIMP WITH
A
NGEL
H
AIR
P
ASTA

L
ITTLE
M
ERMAID’S
B
AKED
F
LOUNDER
O
RIGANO

S
TEAK
B
RACIOLE
R
OLL

J
OE’S
J
UICY
M
EATBALLS

C
ALABRIAN
P
ORK
C
HOPS WITH
P
EPPERS AND
P
OTATOES

S
TUFFED
E
GGPLANT WITH
S
AUSAGE

Chapter 8

The Wild Side

F
ONTINA
P
OTATO
T
ORTA

R
AVISHING
B
ROCCOLI
R
ABE

R
OASTED
A
SPARAGUS
A
LLA
P
ARMIGIANA

S
ALERNO
S
TUFFED
A
RTICHOKES

S
PAGHETTINI WITH
P
ESTO
, P
ARSLEY, AND
L
EMON

Chapter 9

Food Fit for a Feast, a Party, or a Potluck

R
EAL
H
OUSEWIFE
R
IGATONI
B
AKE

C
RISPY
, S
PICY
C
HICKEN
D
RUMSTICKS

G
IACINTO’S
S
PICY
C
HICKEN
S
CARPARIELLO

S
UPERSIZE
S
AUSAGE
& S
PINACH
C
ALZONE

T
OMATO
P
IZZA AL
T
AGLIO

Chapter 10

Last (Minute) Suppers

V
ERMICELLI
P
IE

P
OOKIE’S
P
ESCE
P
RIMAVERA

B
UTTERFLY
B
ASIL
C
HICKEN

B
ELLA
S
AUSAGE AND
V
EGGIE
B
AKE

G
IUSEPPE’S
C
HEESY
C
HICKEN
B
UCATINI

Chapter 11

A Happy Ending

H
OLY
C
ANNOLI
C
UPCAKES

H
APPY TO
S
EE
M
E
C
HOCOLATE
S
ALAMI

P
RETTY
P
IZELLE
I
CE
C
REAM
S
ANDWICHES

C
ONFETTI
P
ARTY
C
OOKIES

S
AN
G
IUSEPPE
Z
EPPOLE

A
NTONIA’S
T
USCAN
A
PPLE
T
ORTA

C
HOCOLATE
Z
ABAGLIONE
C
AKELETS

F
ILOMENA’S
T
I
A
MO
T
IRAMISU

I
NDEX

Ciao, Bello!

I
can’t help it. Every time I sit down to write this intro to my
Italian Family Cookbook,
two things keep popping into my head: that cheesy Olive Garden commercial, “When you’re here, you’re family”; and what I said about Caroline Manzo when she insulted my meatballs on the
Rachael Ray
show: “Caroline’s as Italian as the Olive Garden.”

If you read
Skinny Italian,
you know I’m not a huge fan of Olive Garden because it takes traditional healthy Italian dishes and turns them into heart-clogging servings of ungodly proportions. (Forget
Jersey Shore,
it’s the Olive Garden that gives us Italians a bad name!) I am, however, a huge fan of Caroline Manzo. (Even if she’s only 1/16 Italian, or whatever she is . . .)

Caroline is the older sister of my youngest daughter’s godmother. Get it? I know with big Italian families it gets complicated real quick. My baby Audriana is the goddaughter of Caroline’s baby sister Dina Manzo. And Jacqueline Laurita, who is married to Caroline and Dina’s brother Chris Laurita, is one of my best friends. But while everyone on
The Real Housewives of New Jersey
seems to be related, I am not related to any of the Manzos or Lauritas (or, thank you sweet baby Jesus, the Staub/Merrills.) By blood, anyway. By heart, we’re all family.

My mama and papà with my girls and brother Joe’s family.