While Italian-American cuisine is known for red-sauce and pizza joints, what defines Italian-Canadian cooking is its rich history as an invite-only affair.

Does Italian-Canadian Food Have An Identity?

It's known for red-sauce joints, pizza traditions and decades-old neighbourhood delis, but what truly defines Italian-Canadian cooking is its rich history—and current reality—as an invitation-only affair.

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Italian

Food

Try this recipe for our homemade Perfect pizza dough. It can be used many ways, as traditional pizza dough or as a flatbread, used with spreads and dips.

Perfect pizza dough recipe

Dinner

Recipes

Crespelles – Italian versions of crepes - are stuffed with a creamy vegetable and cheese filling for this impressive dinner.

Creamy Asparagus & Leek Crespelle

Vine-ripened tomatoes, garden veggies and fresh herbs make this tomato sauce recipe taste like summer in a jar. Use in lasagnas, with pasta or on pizza.

Fresh herbed tomato sauce recipe

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Panettone is an Italian sweet bread traditionally enjoyed on holidays. This easy recipe works well in a bread machine.

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Italian

Does Italian-Canadian Food Have An Identity?

Perfect pizza dough

Creamy Asparagus & Leek Crespelle

Fresh herbed tomato sauce

Italian panettone bread