Italian cuisine early 20th centuries, influencing the cuisine of the country (which was otherwise dominated by meat and dairy products that the narrow Ligurian hinterland would have not allowed). Pasta dishes based on the use of "guanciale" (unsmoked bacon prepared with pig's jowl or cheeks) are often found in Lazio, such as pasta "alla carbonara" and pasta "all'amatriciana". Another pasta dish of the region is "arrabbiata", with spicy tomato sauce. The regional cuisine widely use offal, resulting in dishes like the entrail-based "rigatoni" with "pajata" sauce and "coda alla vaccinara". Iconic of Lazio is cheese made from ewes' milk (Pecorino Romano), "porchetta"
Everyday Italian Everyday Italian Everyday Italian is a Food Network show hosted by Giada De Laurentiis. In the show, De Laurentiis focuses for her viewers on traditional Italian cuisine with an American flair, such as herb-crusted lamb and chocolate-ricotta pie. The show is taped (shot at 24 frames for a cinematic feel) on location in Malibu, Pasadena and the Pacific Palisades, shunning the traditional Food Network sets and instead using a series of rented homes. All of the cooking on the show is shot live on set during an initial run and later the close up shots are filmed during a second