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Every dish feeds 3–4. We ship to all 50 states. Spend $200 and shipping's on me.

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Sunday Dinner: 6 dishes

Sunday Dinner

6 dishes · each feeds 3–4

  • 2× Eggplant Parmigiana
  • 2× Chicken Parmigiana
  • Bolognese Lasagna
  • Manicotti Bolognese

$210

Free shipping

The Whole Table: 8 dishes

The Whole Table

8 dishes · each feeds 3–4

  • 2× Eggplant Parmigiana
  • 2× Chicken Parmigiana
  • Bolognese Lasagna
  • Manicotti Bolognese
  • Meatball Parmigiana
  • Eggplant Involtini

$280

Free shipping

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Why it's worth it

  • Made by hand

    Sauce from scratch. Every lasagna layered by hand. Every meatball rolled by hand.

  • The best whole ingredients

    Fresh basil, real garlic and onions, ricotta and Romano, made like you would at home. Not mass-produced in a factory.

  • 70% less than delivery

    Restaurant-quality Italian-American food at $8.75 a serving.*

  • 4.7 stars

    From 4,900+ customer reviews.

*Per serving: a $35 tray is 4 servings, with free shipping on $200+. Compared with $33.51 for a lasagna entrée delivered from a Boston-area Italian restaurant: the $24.24 average menu price at four restaurants, plus a 15% service fee, a $1.99 delivery fee and a 15% tip, before tax (November 2026).

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“Located in the heart of Davis Square Somerville, Mortadella Head is most definitely unique.”

— Phantom Gourmet
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How the heck do you mail lasagna?!

Don't worry about it. Leave it up to us.

  1. Manicotti rolled by hand in a Mortadella Head tray, covered in sauce

    We make it

    By hand, in our kitchen. Sauce from scratch, every lasagna layered by hand, every meatball rolled by hand.

  2. Mortadella Head shipping boxes stacked and marked fragile

    We freeze it and ship it

    Frozen solid, packed cold in an insulated box. Ships Monday to Thursday with tracking.

  3. A Mortadella Head tray baking in the oven

    You bake it

    Straight from the freezer at 375°. About an hour in the oven and dinner's on the table.

Baking instructions

Customer stories

Real customers, in Chuck's words.

  • A taste of home

    A New Jersey guy in Arizona gets a box of his favorites every month.

  • Dinner for Mom

    A daughter keeps her mother's freezer stocked with our trays.

  • Guilty as charged

    A customer found a basil stem in a lasagna. Chuck explains.

Chuck with a sheet of dishes in the Mortadella Head kitchen

Sunday dinner, the way I grew up

Growing up, the sauce simmered for hours, the meatballs were rolled by hand, and there was always enough food at the table for a few more people.

That's what we cook at Mortadella Head. Same recipes I use for my family. No shortcuts. We make it, we freeze it, we ship it to you.

I get emails from so many people telling me it's better than homemade. Try it and let me know what you think.

Make it nice! — Chuck

Questions?

What if it's starting to thaw when it gets there?

That's fine. Put it in the fridge or the freezer within 6 hours of delivery and bake it when you're ready.

How do I cook it?

375° straight from the freezer: 45–50 minutes covered, then 10–15 uncovered. Let it rest 10–15 minutes so the cheese doesn't run out. Full baking instructions.

Where do you ship, and what does it cost?

All 50 states. Shipping is free on orders of $200 or more. Under $200, it's $29 flat, Alaska and Hawaii included. We ship Monday to Thursday, frozen, in an insulated box.

How big is each dish?

Every dish is about 2 to 2½ pounds and feeds 3–4.

Can I send it as a gift?

Yes! Put their address at checkout and your card message in the order notes. When it shows up you'll look like a superstar.