Season 2 Episodes
1. Italian Style Breakfast for Dinner
The Season 2 premiere features frittatas, including ricotta frittata; sausage, eggs and pepper frittata; and an asparagus-and-onion frittata. Also: How Italian-American sausage is made at Brooklyn's Faicco restaurant.
2. New York Italian Style
Italian-American comfort food, including zucchini-and-eggplant parmigiana; chicken piccante; and skillet cauliflower torrisi.
3. Heartwarming Italian-American Classics
Chicken trombino; Italian-American meatloaf.
4. Sicily in New York City
Stuffed calamari; broccoli with garlic and anchovies; cappuccino cake.
5. Kansas City Alla Parmigiana
Penne rigate alla vodka; chicken parmigiana; tiramisu. Also: how chickens are raised in Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
6. Yummy Pastas
Baked ziti; fettuccine Alfredo; spaghetti with basil-pistachio pesto.
7. From Bloomfield to the Strip in Pittsburgh
Braised veal shank; olive oil mashed potatoes; peas with bacon.
8. It's Chicken Time
Braised chicken with smoky provola; chicken cacciatore dishes; a panzanella salad, which is made with tomatoes and day-old bread.
9. Italian American Sandwiches
A New Orleans muffuletta sandwich; St. Louis' veal hamburger parmiciano; Chicago's Italian beef sandwich.
10. New England's Italy
Calamari fra diavolo over linguine; a salt cod, potato and string bean salad; zuppa Inglese.
11. Italian-American Sandwiches #2
Baltimore's Italian-American civic club sandwich; a Primanti sandwich; a prosciutto, scallion and egg sandwich; celery, artichoke and mortadella salad.
12. St. Louis's Little Italy
Spaghetti and meatballs with arancini (rice balls).
13. For the Love of Vegetables
Stuffed escarole; stuffed artichoke; meat-stuffed eggplant.
14. For the Love of Soup
Minestrone and artichoke soups; an Italian cheesecake recipe. Also: a visit to Le Marche in Italy to learn about ricotta cheese.
15. Philadelphia's Beef Rolls and Boston's North End
Braised beef rolls; spinach and bacon. Also: a visit to DiBruno Bros., a cheese shop in Philadelphia.
16. Lip Smacking Roman-style Saltimbocca
Mozzarella sticks; veal saltimbocca; zeppole. Also: how mozzarella is made.
17. Shrimping, Crabbing and Clamming
Clamming in Long Island; crabbing at Tangiers Island near Baltimore. Also: shrimp scampi; crab cakes; baked clams oreganato.
18. From Walken's Bakery to Scialo's Bakery
Boston cream cupcakes; almond pine nut cookies; lemon granita.
19. New York's Southern Italian
Cannelloni; pasta-making traditions in Italy; Frankie's Spuntino in Brooklyn.
20. Comfort Foods for Your Table
Stuffed shells; pasta alla primavera; macaroni and cheese. Also: a visit to the Macaroni Company in Pennsylvania.
21. Another Seafood Celebration
San Francisco, king crab legs are sampled at Swan Oyster Depot; the fish counter at Eataly is spotlighted; and cioppino is tasted at Scoma's restaurant.
22. Three Favorite Pastas
Pasta e fagioli; bucatini amatriciana; tagliatelle bolognese. Also: Italian pasta-making experts; Seghesio Vineyards in California's Sonoma Valley.
23. Italian Style Steak
Fettuccine with malfada sauce; steak with pizzaiola sauce; ricotta cookies. Also: the Monument to the Immigrants in New Orleans' Woldenburg Park; the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo.
24. Pasta Two Ways
Pasta with lentils; spaghetti aglio e olio; St. Joseph's fig cookies. Also: the St. Joseph's Day celebration in New Orleans.
25. St. Louis and Chicago Style Pizza
How to make deep dish pizza and St. Louis pizza.
26. Three Quick and Easy Italian Dinners
The Season 2 finale features cauliflower soup; spaghetti with tomatoes and capers; and orecchiette with artichokes and bacon. Also: Dino Cortopassi, owner of Corto Olive near Sacramento, shares his family's colorful culinary history.
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