The Essential Steps to Mastering Italian Cuisine

It's more than just pasta, people No Images? [Click here]( [RECIPES]( / [TECHNIQUES]( / [FEATURES]( FEATURES The Essential Steps to Mastering Italian Cuisine The challenge for those of us seeking to understand the "language" of a cuisine is figuring out where to start. What's needed is a road map of sorts, to help home cooks explore the most essential elements of a cuisine. That's what this is, for Italian food. [Read Now]( TECHNIQUES Savory Green Curry French Toast Means Brunch Will Never Be the Same [Read Now]( FEATURES Sherry 101: An Introduction to the Hippest Old-Person Drink Around [Learn More]( Email Continues After Ad Below THE KITCHEN ESSENTIAL Garlic Press When we're cooking with garlic, we're pulling out the press nine times out of 10. Even with the slightly fussy cleaning, it's still faster and easier than chopping fresh garlic on a board. [Shop Now]( FEATURES Hold My Beer: How I Became a Certified Cicerone (and How You Can, Too) [Learn More]( FEATURES A Different Kind of Forever: Remembering My Grandmother’s Kitchen Stella Parks remembers her grandmother's recipes. [Learn More]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Pinterest]( Serious Eats 88 35th St Ste 602 Brooklyn, NY 11232 Click Preferences to control which emails you receive from Serious Eats. Clicking Unsubscribe will remove you from all Serious Eats emails…which would be sad. [Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe](