Osso Buco-Style Short Ribs

Osso buco, braised bone-in veal shanks in a rich, dark sauce, might be the most famous dish ever to emerge from Italy’s fashion and culinary trend-setting capital, Milano. My version, based on my mom’s, is spiced with cloves and black peppercorns, and enhanced with dried porcini, giving it an extra level of luxury.

Not long ago, unable to find more than …