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Why Every Pizza Chain Serves Wings

Why we will no longer be a welcoming church

We’ve decided to quit being a welcoming church. No kidding. We’re giving it up. Like so many congregations, we’ve sunk an amazing amount of time and energy into becoming a welcoming church. We changed worship styles, trained greeters and ushers, wore name tags, brewed coffee, went to workshops on hospitality and put our friendliest people …

This Italian restaurant treats you like family

They treat you like family and if the experience is not perfect, they take it personally.

How to Grill Pizza, Grilled Pizza Recipe

Step-by-step instructions for using your grill, gas or charcoal, to make homemade pizza.

​The Way to Reheat Pizza Is in a Skillet

Some people already know this; this is for the people who do not. I had been eating leftover pizza for decades before it occurred to me.

10 Homemade Pizza Fails

Sometimes bad things happen to good pizzas. It is hard to tell what went wrong here, because it looks like everything went wrong. Just take a look for yourself!

How to Survive a Fancy Formal Dinner

It's that time of year. Office holiday parties are coming up, families get together for the holidays, and we slowly start to dread the fancy, formal parties that flood our calendars. Don't worry! As long as you know what to expect, formal affairs aren't difficult. With a little knowledge and some common sense, you can even enjoy them. Here's how.

How Italian Cuisine Became as American as Apple Pie

If you’re wondering about how and why food gets appropriated—i.e. when Americans consider it their own—think about this: Eating Italian food was once considered “slumming.” So what does it take for…

19 Underrated Italian Foods You Should Learn To Love

There's more to eat in this life than pizza and spaghetti.

10 Common Misconceptions About Italian Food

Have you ever glimpsed a perplexed expression on your waiter’s face after you tried to order Fettuccine Alfredo in a restaurant in Italy? Or have you ever ordered pasta marinara, expecting a tomato sauce, and instead received a shellfish pasta? The food served in many Italian restaurants in the United States is not quite as Italian as you think. [...]

Barley risotto: Italians might not approve but this time they’re wrong

JP McMahon: This wild and uncouth version is a winner in my world

Can you translate these basic Italian musical terms?

We’ve put together a fiendish quiz for musicians everywhere - test your knowledge of the dictionary of music.

25 Italian Restaurant Words You Need to Know

Start your meal off with some antipasti, followed by linguini vongole and end it with a delicious zabaglione. No idea what these are? Learn the language of the Italian menu.

This Italian Food Preferences Quiz Will Expose How Italian You Actually Are

A real Italian will tell you that there's no authentic Italian food on our list, but that's ok.

12 Cooking Rules That Make Italian Food Taste Great Every Single Time

Here are the rules that Italian grandmas swear by.