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Italian recipes: chestnut crepes

7 April, 2020
Coming into autumn it’s time for chestnuts in Italy, but more on the tradition later. The chestnut was an important resource for alpine regions prior to the economic boom, with the wood, leaves, and fruit essential during cold months.These days…

How to make "gattò": potato cake from Naples

7 April, 2020
I once experienced a funny evening in the previous house I lived in with two Calabrian girls and girl from Naples. The girl from Naples was often to be found in the kitchen, experimenting and attempting her mother’s recipes with…

How to make homemade lasagna: video

7 April, 2020
This video shows us the recipe for homemade lasagne - something which I tried to do on Friday and I’m happy to say I followed the recipe roughly (without knowing it) and turned out a nice lasagne. This recipe includes…

Traditional Italian recipes: canederli from the Tyrol

4 April, 2020
I’m very taken with canederli from Italy’s Trentino-Alto Adige region. Generally speaking, the area has a fascinating culinary tradition with a mix of Italian and Austrian dishes where you can sometimes get the best of both worlds. One of the…

Restaurants and trattorias in Rome: Matricianella

1 April, 2020
In Rome there’s a restaurant called Matricianella and famed for its bucatini all’amatriciana; a few days ago I had the chance to taste it and I must admit that it was the best bucatini all’amatriciana dish I have ever had…

Pasta recipes: mushroom and tomato pasta

1 April, 2020
This is a traditional pasta recipe from Italy that many Italians may remember from their childhood, and which should get your family eating mushrooms, even if not the favourite dish.Ingredients for four people: 300 grams of chopped mushrooms, half a…

Italian easter recipes: sweet bread "pagnotta" from Romagna

1 April, 2020
Sarsina, in the province of Forlì-Cesena, is an Italian town famous for Latin writer Tito Maccio Plauto, but also for the Italian easter tradition of the “pagnotta”. This sweet bread is one of the most well known in the region.Ingredients:…

The best gelato in Rome is at San Crispino

31 March, 2020
If the queue of Italians and foreigners out the door is anything to go by, Gelato di San Crispino is one of the best gelateria’s in Italy. But it was recently left off the list of gelato in Rome, from…

Italian traditions: Home Food and dinner with a family

31 March, 2020
The Baltimore Sun has reported that Italy is attempting to protect its culinary traditions through a group called “Home Food” whose title goes something like “Association for the Protection and Valuation of the Typical Gastronomic-Culinary Patrimony of Italy”.The group is…

Italian Easter recipes: lamb soup

31 March, 2020
There aren’t many opportunities to try Italian lamb dishes, but Easter in Italy is one time when you can indulge. Especially in Rome, an essential dish on the table at breakfast, or Italian Easter lunch is “brodetto d’agnello” or lamb…

Traditional Italian products: mustard from Cremona

30 March, 2020
Mention the word mustard and most Italians will screw up their nose and give you a tirade on how disgusting the food is in Germany and how the last time they went there they spent three days on a diet.…

Italian Appennine mountains: culinary tours in Emilia Romagna

29 March, 2020
Emilia Romagna is an often unexplored region in Italy for tourists, but it offers tourism at convenient prices and some excellent cuisine. The tour operator Promoappennino has put together some packages that include accommodation and tastings of typical products.The “Vacanza…

Italian recipes: how to make tripe

27 March, 2020
We know that some of you will be screwing your noses up on reading this recipe, but the fact is that tripe can be prepared in different ways, including the more traditional tripe, tomato and mint. But our colleague at…

Italian pasta recipes from Sicily: "pasta alla norma"

25 March, 2020
This pasta dish from Sicily has its origins in Catania and is called “pasta alla norma”. There are various theories as to its name, one of which says that Vicenzo Bellini’s heroine was called Norma, and she was from Catania.Ingredients…

Most popular lunch for Italians: salami bread rolls

25 March, 2020
Don’t be deceived by the number of McDonald’s in Italy, as over here the Italians still keep to their traditional lunches. When they think of something good and quick to eat, the first thing that comes into their heads is…

Italian food: anchovies from Cetara, on the Amalfi Coast

24 March, 2020
If you’ve ever been confused over the real name of anchovies in Italy, then you’re forgiven as it appears that the name varies across the regions. Traditionally called “acciughe”, you will often see the name “alici” which refers to the…

Italian festivals: Foligno hosts pasta festival

24 March, 2020
From the 25th to the 28th of September, Foligno, near Perugia in Umbria, will hold the Festival Nazionale dei Primi Piatti or the National Festival of First Courses. In other words, we’re talking a pasta festival!Foligno’s historic centre has been…

Spring and Italian cheese: the cacioricotta from Salento

23 March, 2020
One of Italy’s best cheeses, made in spring, is the “cacioricotta” from Salento. Salento is the so called “heel” of Italy, the most southern and eastern point of Puglia.This Italian cheese has a double name that reflects its personality. It…

Typical Italian dishes: focaccia from Recco in Liguria

23 March, 2020
When I went to Liguria a couple of years ago with a friend of mine, we stuffed ourselves stupid with focaccia. Focaccia is wonderful invention and can be enjoyed in so many ways: plain, with olives, fresh tomatoes, cut in…

Traditional Italian recipes: homemade zabaglione

19 March, 2020
The secret’s in the zabaione… In old Italian folklore, the story goes that zabaglione is an aphrodisiac; guaranteed good bedroom performance on the part of your man is the result of an Italian dessert of zabaglione.So if you’re looking to…