In cheap mortadella, Zivieri adds, its distinctive piggy smell is added chemically, ‘like a perfume’. I watch as the mixed meat and fat is squeezed into its casing, then deftly wrapped in twine.

Rovagnati chief executive Lorenzo Rovagnati died in a helicopter accident near Parma, Italy, on Wednesday. Rovagnati is a ...

To prepare pizza and mortadella, start with the pizza dough: in a planetary mixer with a hook (you can also knead by hand, it ...

The traditional Italian dish, tortellini en brodo (tortellini in broth), is a labor-intensive bowl made with your own pasta, filled with ground meat such as mortadella and prosciutto, and a rich ...