Italian Baby Back Ribs

The combination of meat with sweet flavors is completely foreign to an Italian palate. I confess that when I was a boy and had my first encounter with barbecue sauce, I was quite taken aback. In fact, I still have not learned to like cranberry sauce with turkey or mint jelly with lamb. You may not think that ribs are an Italian dish, but they are definitely part of Northern Italy’s culinary repertoire, especially in the region around the Dolomites and the northern Veneto. So if you are in t