Let's start with the name. How many other recipes do you know that are named after an opera? I can't think of any "Risotto Traviata" or...

Oh boy, we love chard over here... Our daughter eats it raw from the plant. As for me, it is inextricably associated with the scacciata...

A few reasons. One is that Italy is a relatively young country, that was put together from regions that used to be small countries in...