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Alyssa Smolen, MS, RDN, CDN, is a community dietitian, nutrition content creator on Instagram, freelance writer and recipe developer. She has been quoted as a nutrition expert in Food Network, Martha Stewart Living, Food and Wine, Forbes, Parade and US News and World Report. Her work has been published in EatingWell, Dietitian Connection and Today’s Dietitian. Work. Alyssa’s account, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/arugalyssa/">@arugalyssa</a>, promotes simple recipes and is a source for myth-busting nutrition misinformation. 
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Alyssa Smolen

Vegetable soup with penne, chickpeas, tomatoes and leafy greens in a white bowl.

Features

5 Italian Super Soups for Fall, According to Dietitians

Jamie Spinato is an Italian-American writer and food storyteller currently writing her debut magical realism novel, Penny’s From Heaven. Her work explores the connections between food, memory, love, and the stories we create around everyday life. Through her recipes, essays, and newsletter, The Sunday Sauce, she shares Italian-inspired food and personal stories rooted in nostalgia, creativity, and the pursuit of la dolce vita—one page and one plate at a time.
Follow her on both Instagram and TikTok <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jamiespinato/">@jamiespinato.</a>

Jamie Spinato

Recipes

Beyond Pumpkin Spice: Three Italian Recipes for Autumn

Dinner for One Deserves Pumpkin Vodka Pasta 

I am the idea behind and the co-founder of Mama Mancini’s. I am also a home cook, an obsessed entrepreneur, traveler, foodie, and I love sharing all of it with anyone who wants to listen. I believe passion fuels ideas and there is no such thing as a bad idea or too much passion. I look at the picture of my grandmother, Anna Mancini, holding me as a baby and think wow if my grandmother only knew that all those countless days of me learning how to cook by her side in Brooklyn would turn into this. After 25 years in the garment industry, I decided in 2007 it was time for a change. My idea: real meatballs made the authentic Italian way and sold in real sauce. To me there was no other way they should be offered, that was my big idea and Mama Mancini’s was born. The rest is history. So, I say this to everyone who has an idea: never give up; don’t listen to the people who say it won’t work. No idea is a bad idea and always chase your dreams. Let’s cook.

Daniel Mancini

Classic Neapolitan ragù with slow-cooked meat and tomato sauce

Classic Neapolitan Grandma-Style Ragù 

Culinary artist Danielle Caminiti is a lawyer and recipe developer whose site, <a href="https://www.haveucoveredinthekitchen.com/">Have U Covered in the Kitchen</a>, features dozens of great recipes spanning Italian food to Mediterranean cuisine and beyond.

Fall recipes

5 Italian Super Soups for Fall, According to Dietitians

Beyond Pumpkin Spice: Three Italian Recipes for Autumn

Dinner for One Deserves Pumpkin Vodka Pasta

Classic Neapolitan Grandma-Style Ragù

Welcome Fall With Pumpkin Pie Pizzelle