I’m an Italian American who cooks a lot—and I use quite a bit of ricotta. It’s practically a staple in my kitchen, along with olive oil, garlic and basil. I make trays of lasagna for the holidays, ...

When you think of ricotta, what comes to mind? For years, the first thing that came to my mind was the mounds of white fluffy cheese I would purchase from the deli counter that would become the cheesy ...

It takes just 3-ingredients to make homemade ricotta cheese. Make this from scratch in your kitchen, where you control the ingredients used, and it tastes even better than buying it at the store. Use ...

GRAND FORKS – I am usually all about keeping things in the kitchen as easy and “real life-ready” as possible. Most of time, that involves buying some prepackaged foods and adding my own flair to it.

I found myself giggling as I stood at my stove. I was using the end of my candy thermometer to stir a mixture of milk and cream in my heavy, turquoise-colored saucepan. Its enamel-coated interior is ...

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While demonstrating how to make the recipe on Barefoot Contessa, Garten shared a glimpse of her herb garden. “Cooking with fresh herbs makes such a difference to me so I grow a lot of them in my ...

Anthony Contrino takes the guesswork out of making homemade ricotta cheese then uses it in three Italian dishes. He adds fresh ricotta to toasted bread for light and airy crostini. Next, he uses it to ...