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"Full-flavored, versatile and quick, this sauce tastes like you slaved over it for hours and is good to have on hand for busy weeknights. Its possibilities are endless - a sauce for anything from pastas to Italian sausage or meatball sandwiches, to eggplant parmigiana, or as a dipping sauce for fried mozzarella sticks."

Ingredients: dried basil, dried oregano...

"Many 5-star ratings of Rachael Ray's recipe prompted me to steal it. ;o)

Serve this as a dipper or topper."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, crushed tomatoes...

"Adapted from Ciao Italia Pronto by Mary Ellen Esposito. I usually use this as a bruschetta topping. A great olive oil, sea salt or kosher salt and good tomatoes make this dish."

Ingredients: pepper, extra virgin olive oil...

"From The Stinking Rose restaurant in San Francisco. This is an Italian appetizer dish and the name translates as 'hot bath'. Serve with a good crusty sourdough, breadsticks or your favorite vegetables for dipping, such as bell peppers, zucchini, broccoli, or whole mushrooms. It's typically served as an appetizer, but is also fantastic drizzled..."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, garlic cloves...

"A tasty Italian-style nibble, and any leftover pesto will keep in the fridge for a week for serving over pasta."

Ingredients: extra virgin olive oil, parmesan cheese...

"Boston's North End section is where you will find the most wonderful Italian restaurants, bakeries, Italian delicatessens, and shops. And, if you are lucky enough, like I am, to have Italian friends living in the North End, when visiting them, it is like taking a stroll into an era long gone. Everything is homemade, all from scratch, and the smell..."

Ingredients: fresh Italian parsley, dried oregano...