Italian food

Famed Boston restaurateur Barbara Lynch visits the Munchies Test Kitchen to make ricotta stuffed tortellini with spicy marinara sauce and black olive breadcrumbs.

Chef Stefano Secchi of Rezdôra in NYC makes decadent egg yolk raviolo with ricotta cheese, brown butter sauce, and shaved truffles.

Famed Italian chef and restaurateur Lidia Bastianich and her executive chef Fortunato share their technique for making beet risotto with goat cheese and balsamic vinegar.

Farideh makes petite, pillowy, potato gnocchi in the Munchies Test Kitchen.

Jonny Shipes, native New Yorker and founder of hip-hop label Cinematic Music Group, gives us a run-down of his favorite late-night food south of 14th street.

Married couple and co-owners of Don Angie in Manhattan's West Village, Angie Rito and Scott Tacinelli, make lasagna for two in the Munchies Test Kitchen.

Pasta master Evan Funke of Felix Trattoria in Venice Beach makes "pasta fatta a mano," fresh pasta made by hand, in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen.

Farideh makes a spinach and mushroom lasagna from our new cookbook, MUNCHIES Guide to Dinner: How to Feed Yourself and Your Friends.

Farideh’s take on chicken parmesan uses chicken thighs instead of chicken breasts for juicier pieces of meat.

How to make our favorite dishes with our favorite chefs

Farideh makes sausage and broccoli rabe stromboli in the MUNCHIES Test Kitchen.

You’ve heard of spaghetti and meatballs and fettuccine alfredo, but have you ever wondered how those dishes came to be?