Ciao Italia

  • Premiered: Nov 1991
  • Episodes: 109
  • Followers: 1
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Thursday at 10
  • Family Food Home and garden

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Season 4
4x1
Pennette in Padella – Fried Pennette
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 12, 1991
Mary Ann buys enough pasta to feed an army at Joe Pace’s Italian Grocery Store in Boston, MA. But she opts to cook her pasta in a skillet instead of a spaghetti pot, topping it with a delectable, porcini mushroom sauce.
4x2
Due Caponate – Two Caponatas
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 19, 1991
Onions, eggplant – and cocoa? Mary Ann combines these three distinct ingredients to create a sweet and sour Sicilian antipasto delight that’s great for eating and for gift giving.
4x3
Gnocchi, Gnocchi, Gnocchi - Dumplings
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 26, 1991
Mary Ann joins forces with Ciao Italia fan, Maria Esposito Castaldo. Together they prepare Maria’s potato gnocchi with Gorgonzola sauce. Mary Ann returns to her own kitchen to create pumpkin gnocchi and other memorable dumplings.
4x4
Uova della Nonna – Grandmother’s Eggs
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 03, 1991
Mary Ann’s grandmother’s eggs were wrapped in dough then deep-fried and topped with tomato sauce. They also found their way into a rich, vegetable “Poor Soup” a meal her grandmother made .. show full overview
4x5
Schiacciate – Flat Breads
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 10, 1991
Mary Ann shows that although schiacciate means flat bread all across Italy, each region’s toppings vary greatly. So much so that you can’t tell one from the other except for one common characteristic: they all taste divine.
4x6
Niente per la Cena – Nothing for Supper
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 17, 1991
Mary Ann and her cousin, Costanza lose track of time while visiting a museum filled with Italian art. As a result, Mary Ann has to race back home and make dinner from scratch, turning what looks like ho-hum leftovers into a meal fit for royalty.
4x7
La Torta Grande – The Great Pie
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 24, 1991
Mary Ann explains the history behind the origins of the Italian casserole, which was created to evade Renaissance “gluttony laws.” Pork, sausage, leeks and fresh herbs encased in .. show full overview
4x8
Spiedo Misto – Mixed Grill
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 31, 1991
The temperature’s rising and Mary Ann takes to the outdoors for an Italian cookout that includes three kinds of sizzling grilled meats and a chilled rice salad packed with sun-dried .. show full overview
4x9
Maccheroni Alla Chitarra – Musical Macaroni
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 07, 1992
Mary Ann visits a Pasta Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts to track down this famous food’s history. Then she goes nella cucina to roll out hand made pasta dough over the taut steel wires .. show full overview
4x10
Fagioli e Lenticchie – Beans and Lentils
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 14, 1992
Mary Ann visits her old friend and rival cook, Emilio Maddeloni at his delicatessen in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, to taste his pasta and bean stew. Then she creates her own version of .. show full overview
4x11
Torta Bolongnese – Bolognese Tart
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 21, 1992
Mary Ann tries to find fresh figs for her fruit tart, but fails miserably. Looks like the canned stuff for sure, but Cousin Costanza comes to the rescue in the final reel, just in time .. show full overview
4x12
Cibo Della Mama – Mom’s Food
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 28, 1992
Mary Ann prepares some of her mother’s favorite recipes to prove that sometimes the only thing that can cheer you up is eating a favorite food from childhood. Mary Ann’s include “Patches .. show full overview
4x13 Season finale
Pizza Casalinga – Home-style Pizza
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1992
Mary Ann visits a stone oven pizzeria where pizza gets practically flash-cooked in a 600-degree oven. She tries her hand at it then goes nella cucina to make a variety of pizzas of her own, including Pizza alla MariAnna.

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