Ciao Italia

Slow-cooked tuna steaks with tomato relish; stuffed fish with nuts and spinach; scallop ceviche.

Tuscan bread; crostini for three toppings -- tomato/basil/garlic, chicken liver and sage and tuna fish and caper.

Torta al taglierini, a pastry noodle-topped chocolate cake; chocolate cake with nuts.

Sunday dinner featuring risotto and pork in milk; chocolate cake.

Pepi Winery in Napa, Calif.; braised beef dish in red wine; chicken stuffed with spinach and fontina cheese cooked in white wine.

Maddalena raspberry cookies -- two buttery wafers filled with raspberry jam; almond crisps.

Struffoli, deep-fried, honey-coated sweet dough balls; deep-fried sugar-dusted cenci.

Zucchini pyramids; cod and potato casserole; baba.

Prosciutto di Parma-wrapped fruit with Parmigiano-Reggiano, Parmesan cheese and almond wafers; spicy fava bean spread.

Deep-fried Tuscan meatballs made with meat, mushrooms and parsley; baked meatballs.

Fish stew filled with swordfish, shrimp, scallops, monkfish and squid.

Cassata; pistachio pudding-filled amarena cake.

Bucatini all'amatriciana; chicken cacciatore; mascarpone cheesecake.

Unique wine in Montevetrano, Italy; bruschetta topped with orange marmalade and lardo; springtime soup made with wild greens; torta filled with cocoa, ricotta, eggplant and lemon marmalade.

Scialo Bros. Bakery in Providence, R.I., makes torrone, a nut-filled nougat candy.

Almond lemon torta with strawberries; almond paste cheesecake topped with apricots.

Onion and sweet pepper, asparagus and potato frittata; spaghetti omelet without eggs.

Mint flavored rice with chicken; Milanese risotto; rice and vegetable pie.

Guinea hen; traditional Umbrian spiedo misto of meat, poultry and pork.

Corzetti in garlic and olive oil sauce; pansotti, almond-stuffed ravioli in butter sauce.

An autumn-themed menu includes minestrone, stuffed turkey breast with Prosciutto di Parma and apple caramel bread pudding.

A Christmas Eve banquet includes baccala, skillet fried shrimp, tuna, smelt, swordfish, calamari and clams.

Pizza carnevale; orange-flavored ricotta cheesecake.

Ricotta gnocchi with rabe and pignola nut sauce; stuffed breast of veal with fontina cheese, polenta and wild mushrooms.

Spaghetti with clams; clams minestrone.

Potato gnocchi; spinach and ricotta cheese gnocchi with mint and nutmeg.