Buon appetito!

Whether packed with pungent anchovies, bursting with oh-so-ripe tomatoes, or kicked up with spicy garlic, we’ve never met a good Italian recipe we didn’t love from first bite. At the foundation of these recipes, of course, is excellent extra virgin olive oil — peppery and bright, redolent of the land where the olives were grown. Here are some of our favorite Italian-inspired recipes, from some of our most popular PCC Cooks class instructors.