My teenagers issued an ultimatum the other night: No more pastas with exotic sauces--give them good old spaghetti and meatballs. So I made a big batch, knowing that the leftover sauce and meatballs ...

Make mine a steaming hot pocket of golden-brown dough with hand-crimped edges, crispy exterior and yielding interior, well-layered meat, vegetables and cheese, and a light swipe of sauce. That’s my ...

A calzone is essentially an Italian handheld meal made with chewy-crisp pizza dough stuffed with classic pizza toppings. The process for making a calzone is simple: sauce and fillings are placed on a ...

A calzone at Louie G’s Pizza comes filled with a tidy stack of five kinds of meat and mozzarella cheese. Sue Kidd skidd@thenewstribune.com The best calzones are blistered on the edges with cheese ...