Dorothy Griffith of Sparks was looking for an osso buco recipe. She enjoyed the dish while on vacation in Myrtle Beach, S.C., and was not been able to find it once she got home. Osso buco is a classic ...

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Osso buco is quite rightly one of the great Italian classics. This hearty yet delicate dish is deftly balanced, poised between unctuous and substantial. Here it’s accompanied with a citrussy gremolata ...

Osso buco is believed to have originated in Milan during the 19th century. The dish gained popularity among the Milanese aristocracy and eventually ­became a symbol of the city’s culinary traditions.

Home cooks, especially home cooks without a lot of experience or confidence, can be intimidated by unfamiliar words, especially when those words are in a foreign language. Case in point: osso buco. It ...

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On Sundays this time of year, when long-simmered dishes fill the kitchen with homey aromas, few entrees are as welcome as osso buco, Italian braised veal shanks. Osso buco literally means “bone with a ...

Osso buco is a fine Italian stew made with veal shanks, a richly flavoured cut of meat (its delicious bone marrow is a bonus) that should be cooked slowly until tender. The last time I made osso buco, ...