“My grandmother would make this for Sunday lunches growing up,” says cookbook author Julia Busuttil Nishimura. “We would eat the sauce with spaghetti as a first course and then eat the stuffed squid ...

To clean calamari, begin by holding the head firmly and pulling off the tentacles. Remove all remaining intestines including the long transparent cartilage. Cut the tentacles at the base of the ...

This works for cold dishes, like an umami-packed potato salad. For low and slow cooking, think of recipes like stuffed squid, braises, or stews, like this chickpea and calamari inzimino.