Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is truly a great food city. Long gone are the days where we were only known for putting french fries on everything––from sandwiches to salads to pizzas and beyond. Nowadays, we have so many incredible restaurants doing creative, inventive, mind-blowing things with foods. And one of my all-time favorite restaurants––Della Terra just northRead More The post A Foraged Wild Mushroom Dinner at Della Terra appeared first on Fooduzzi ..read more

I feel a little like a genius. To be completely frank and in the most humble way possible. But yeah. Combining two of my favorite sweet treats into one mega-treat? Genius behavior. I’ve had a bit of a love affair with almond croissants as of late. Perfectly crispy, not too sweet, loaded with almonds, andRead More The post Almond Croissant Cookies appeared first on Fooduzzi ..read more

Salad is great. Veggies are grand. But both are better when bread is at hand. I love bread. I was actually talking to a friend the other day and said, “You know, I’ve never been sad eating good bread.” And it’s true. Eating good bread is one of the very best eating experiences I couldRead More The post Easy Summer Panzanella appeared first on Fooduzzi ..read more

My last Italy recap post! And this one is all about the lovely, little northern Italian city, Torino. You may be familiar with Torino for some of the same reasons I was: it hosted the 2006 Winter Olympics, and there’s some sort of Shroud of Turin there. It’s also known for its automotive history, as Torino is the headquarters for FIAT, Lancia, and Alfa Romeo. Being in Torino was the true reason I was in Italy, as I had to be there at a conference for work. So even though my days in Torino were filled with many work-related things, I still saw a good bit of the city and ate…a lot of really gre ..read more

I hope you like red! I’m still pinching myself over the fact that I actually got to visit Maranello. I don’t talk about this a lot, but I love Formula One (F1). I went to a few races when I was in high school, and my team has always been (and will always be) Ferrari. Maranello is a small town in northern Italy and the home for Ferrari and the Scuderia Ferrari team. And you’re aware of that fact from the moment you get there. There are prancing horses, bright red road cars, and nods to the manufacturer everywhere. It’s kinda like Disney Land but for F1 fans. I took a day trip out to Maranello ..read more

It has been a while since we’ve done a good ol’ travel post here on the blog. Like most folks, I haven’t been doing a ton of travel these past few years (for obvious reasons). But I’m starting to visit new-to-me places again, and I feel completely and totally energized and inspired. I recently spent a little over a week in Milano, Modena & Maranello, and Torino in northern Italy, and honestly…I think it was one of the best trips I’ve ever been on. While I can attribute that fact to a ton of different things (great food, fun times with friends, seeing sights I’ve dreamt about seeing for y ..read more

Oh boy oh boy, we’re doing Taste Test Tuesday over on the blog today! If you’re unaware, Taste Test Tuesday is a series I post semi-regularly over on Instagram Stories. As the name implies, I taste (vegan) things on Tuesdays and rate them 1-10. The tastable items include store-bought vegan snacks, treats, and meals, and you can find a lot of the past Taste Test Tuesday videos as highlights on my Instagram profile (@fooduzzi). This Taste Test Tuesday is a little different. Instead, I found a cake mix at Trader Joe’s that was vegan*, but the other ingredients required to turn the mix into a ca ..read more

I’ve been making this recipe every week for about a month and a half. And let me tell you why: It is SO quick. It can be as quick as it takes to cook your pasta. It requires minimal ingredients. It can be packed with plant-based protein, which keeps ya full for longer. It’s really so good and comforting. Who doesn’t love a creamy pasta dish?! My love affair is going strong with this one, my friend. Excited for you to try it! I use hummus in… everything. It’s a great, creamy, protein-packed, and convenient base to a lot of different things like: Toast Slaw Flatbreads Dressing Wraps And… pa ..read more

This is an easy recipe for the sautéed mushrooms I make literally every single week. I actually crave these when it gets close to dinnertime. And I made these for my parents a few weeks ago, and they both were like, “These are really good mushrooms.” So yeah, I think they’ve earned the right of being called “the best.” The technique for this recipe comes from none other than Dan Souza from America’s Test Kitchen. Have you watched the What’s Eating Dan? series on YouTube? It’s so good. He kind of reminds me of Alton Brown in the way he approaches cooking. It’s a great series, but his mushroom ..read more

Yay baking! Tbh, I’ve been having a weird couple of days. Just kinda feeling off. So I decided to fall back on the thing that can and always does make me very very happy: baking. I wasn’t looking for some sort of complicated baking project; I just wanted to work with my hands, measure ingredients, and have a really delicious baked-good in front of me in just a few minutes. Enter: these muffins! They’re based off of this muffin recipe, which is a recipe based off these Zucchini Muffins from Pinch of Yum. They’re made (almost) entirely in the blender/food processor. I really love recipes like ..read more