Paired with spaghetti and tomato sauce, meatballs are a comfort food classic. My Italian-American grandmother often made her famous meatballs and gravy (read: tomato sauce!) for our Sunday gatherings.

It’s been a saucy controversy that has gotten Italian American cooks hot under the collar for generations: should you fry your meatballs, or plop ‘em right in the sauce to cook them?

All you need is the right base, and meatballs work well with all kinds of flavors. For a sweet and sour flair, grab these two ...

The meatballs Americans know best are the ground beef, Italian variety that crowns a plate of spaghetti, or nestled with ...

You can experiment with vegetarian variations of meatball-stuffed peppers. Try using ricotta meatballs as a substitute or ...

The dish also comes with shredded cabbage to balance its richness, and with tonkatsu sauce, itself an international mashup ...

The meatballs Americans know best are the ground beef, Italian variety that crowns a ... others are slowly simmered in a liquid or sauce for juicy tenderness. The meat can be chopped, minced ...

Add the balsamic vinegar and tomato purée and stir through the sauce. Cook for another 5 minutes with the lid on and season again with salt and pepper if needed. Add the meatballs to the sauce ...