Get the latest recipes from Dora http://www.grouprecipes.com/people/dora Pasta alla Puttanesca is a traditional pasta dish is from Naples, This dish if famed for it’s name which translates as “Pasta the way a whore would make it”, while there are many theories why it is named as such the most likely that I have heard is that it is a quick, cheap yet tasty meal that could easily be prepared by Napoli’s ladies of the night! http://www.grouprecipes.com/18541/pasta-alla-puttanesca.html About one and half year ago’ my husband and I went to visit a friend in northern Italy, precisely in the lake Como area. She took us out to dinner and we tasted for the first time this dish. Since then my husband has been asking me repeatedly to make “the pasta that we ate at Como’s lake” (that’s how he calls it since he can’t remember “pizzoccheri”). I am from the south of Italy and never tasted or made the pizzoccheri before that day but I decided to try. I got the recipe from the web and here it is translated in English. We both loved them! As you can realize this is not something that you can eat often as it has 264 calories per 100 grams, this means that a small portion of 250 gr (a little less than half a pound) is 660 calories, but once in a while won’t harm you. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4593/pizzoccheri-valtellinesi.html This is the most typical Neapolitan Christmas dessert dish, in Naples is not Christmas if you don’t have your share of struffoli. I think the reason why they are made only at Christmas is that you don’t really want to spend all that time making struffoli more than once a year. I made them in USA for the first time last Christmas and I wish I never did, all the friends that tried them asked me to make some more, I ended up making struffoli for three days in a row!!!! http://www.grouprecipes.com/4441/struffoli.html A different way to make a bean soup http://www.grouprecipes.com/4399/fagioli-e-salsiccia-alas-beans-and-sausage.html This is something I prepare with the left over dough from the pizza. Kids love it and it’s a way to make them eat spinach. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4363/pizzelle-ricotta-e-spinaci-alas-ricotta-and-spinach-little-pizzas.html The tiramisu' is one of the best known italian dessert. If you need to stay awake after dinner this is for you thanks to its big amount of caffeine. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4293/tiramisu.html This dish is my "pasta to the rescue" as I call it. When I don't have time to cook, when I haven't been shopping for groceries and my fridge is empty, when I've been out all day to come home to an hungry husband that wants to eat soon, this is the perfect dish, as it is tasty, simple and quick. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4282/spaghetti-aglio-e-olio.html This dish is from the Campania area. It used to be made at Easter but nowadays it's common to serve it all year long http://www.grouprecipes.com/4248/pizza-rusticaneapolitan-savory-pie.html This is a very rich and tasty bread. It’s very appreciated at parties, since it can be eaten without a plate or a fork and it tastes better than regular bread. Very much appreciated by children (my advice is to avoid pepper if you will serve it to the little ones). I made it for Easter and brought it to my sister in law, we had it as an appetizer and snacked with it during the day. My husband family loved it! http://www.grouprecipes.com/4204/briosce-rustica-rich-bread-with-cheese-and-meats.html This recipe is original from the Campania region (from which I come), in fact “alla sorrentina” means “Sorrento style” being Sorrento a wonderful city on the coast south of Amalfi. http://www.grouprecipes.com/4197/gnocchi-alla-sorrentina.html