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Seed and peel the melon half. Cut it in half lengthwise, then thinly slice crosswise on a diagonal. Trim and seed the peppers, then thinly slice them crosswise into rings. On a large platter, arrange ...

Who doesn't love a creamy cheese? In this week's episode of TODAY All Day's "Saucy," Anthony Contrino is whipping up a batch of Italy's silkiest, cloud-like cheese: ricotta. His homemade version is ...

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Sweet-fresh basil, tomatoes, pasta and hard ricotta cheese (ricotta salata) are staples in Apulia. Apulia, known as Puglia in Italian, is the heel of the boot of Italy. Ricotta salata is a milky-white ...

In Italian, ricotta means "twice cooked" because this cheese is traditionally made using whey that is left over from the cheesemaking process. I don’t know about you, but I don’t normally have whey on ...