Agreed- eat them on their own or maybe with a potato chip or two (as they do in Spain) and you have a perfect, salty, crunchy snack. And if you like the taste of the canned olives, you can get even more intense flavors by making...

Looking for salt-packed anchovies, not the drenched in oil kind. A few months ago I did a wild trek starting with what I thought would be the best bet, Citarella. No luck. Then Fairway, Zabars, down to Balducci, down further to...

When I was in Vernazza I had a wonderful tian with potatoes, tomatoes, breadcrumbs, herbs, and anchovies. While I haven’t tried to make it myself, I imagine it would be fairly simple. There’s a recipe on epicurious...

anchovy spines in milk for 30 min., dredge in flour and fry in (non-virgin) olive oil. Put a few in all braises. Anchovy (and rosemary) butter for steaks and chops Melt in butter and olive oil to coat potatoes before roasting....

A simple bruschetta rubbed with a little garlic, fresh ricotta, drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil and some sea salt. Plain or topped with some marinated white anchovies; some chopped tomato when in season. A simple tart-maybe with...

Stir your cup of ricotta with a beaten egg, a little nutmeg, a few tablespoons of grated parmesan, and salt and pepper to taste. Using a small spoon, stuff 8-10 zucchini blossoms with the mixture, and tuck a well-rinsed anchovy...

I made these over the weekend and finally got to eat some a day ago. For the gnocchi-obsessed, these are a whole lot easier to make than the potato gnocchi in Marcella Hazan’s Classic Italian Cooking – I posted my...

Lemon Ricotta Pancakes are pretty easy http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/12793 But you can use it in any way you would use cottage cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, mascarpone or almost any fresh dairy. -Put it in...

with several spoonfuls of homemade ricotta. Season to taste — quick and delicious. I also like fresh ricotta on top of cold, leftover boiled potatoes with a drizzle of olive oil and s&p. Fresh ricotta, honey, and figs... Can...

Any suggestions as to how to use up leftover ricotta? Unfortunately, I probably won’t have time to make calzone, manicotti or lasagne this week.

I made gnuddi the other week - basically gnocchi with the dough made from ricotta instead of potato. I don’t have a definitive recipe, I kind of split the difference between Lydia’s and Giarda’s I think, if I...

. You do have kindof a lot though, so an actual recipe might be in order. What about ricotta gnocchi? Much, much easier than potato gnocchi — and recipe is below. I don’t have a recipe for cannolis, but I’m...

After wanting to make Zuni’s ricotta gnocchi since my love affair w/ the cookbook began, I finally got around to it tonight! Result is pictured below; sliced into one dumpling so you could see fluffy texture. I’m so...

Do you use anchovies in unexpected dishes? I have a ridiculous amount of anchovy paste (due to an ordering error) and want to use up a little bit more.

There was some posting on gnocchi (potato though, I think, not ricotta/spinah) on the Marcella Hazan thread about pasta. It’s a bit of a long thread, but I think you should be able to find it in there and may get some...