Traditional italian products Archives

Salami bar in Milan: trying Italy's best wine, salami and cheese

22 April, 2020

An innovative bar in Milan has opened, celebrating the best of Italian salami products. In Corso Garibaldi, Le Rosse is a wine shop offering tastings of salami, prosciutto and other various regional ’salumi’ from Italy. Customers can get a small,…

Lessons in balsamic vinegar: the real stuff and how to taste it

22 April, 2020

It’s very rare to find good traditional balsamic vinegar. “Aceto balsamico” is one of Italy’s great products, with a grand tradition which imitations just cannot replicate. There are various balsamic vinegars on the market, and when dealing with the traditional…

Italian food festivals: polenta 'sagra' in Lazio

21 April, 2020

An unusual Italian food festival celebrating polenta will take place at Castel di Tora, Rieti in the region of Lazio. The ‘sagra‘ will take place on February 21st at the gates to the historic town centre where an enormous copper…

How to serve Italian cheese: condiments

19 April, 2020

There are many Italian cheeses that you can treat yourself to, and often the enjoyment is increased by choosing the right side serve for your cheese. With soft cheeses, aged cheese and everything right down to the simple ricotta or…

Traditional Italian products: bresaola cured beef from the Valtellina

18 April, 2020

We’ve touched on Italian cold cuts and cured meats before, called “salumi”. For an idea of the pitfalls regarding the Italian language, see our post on “salumi, salame and salami“. Today, though, we take a general look at Italy’s salumi,…

Traditional Italian recipes for New Year's Eve: cotechino carpaccio

18 April, 2020

The most classic Italian recipe for New Year’s Eve in Italy is ‘cotechino‘ with ‘lenticchie’, or boiled pork sausage with lentils. The lentils are said to bring good fortune for the New Year, and the dish is usually prepared on…

Alitalia gets best airline food award

9 April, 2020

This might be hard to believe for some, but it turns out that Italian airline Alitalia, which has been through a tumultuous period of late, has received the award for the best airline food from the US magazine Global Traveler.…

Spring recipes from Italy: pasta with asparagus

9 April, 2020

While it snowed yesterday in northern Italy, to welcome spring and Easter on April 1st, generally speaking signs that the warmer season is on its way are apparent. Which means some wonderful Italian dishes are just around the corner. We’ve…

Finding the best buffalo mozzarella in Rome

9 April, 2020

In a famous scene from one the funny Italian films from Enzo Turco, Miseria e Nobilità, our protagonist, Totò describes what good mozzarella is like. And if it’s not good, “desisti”! Italy’s best buffalo mozzarella comes from the cuisine of…

Traditional Italian products: red chicory for Christmas and winter recipes

8 April, 2020

If you were wondering what the red stuff was in your Italian Christmas dish, or New Year’s Eve recipe, you may find it was the red endive, or chicory, currently in season in Italy and used in various Italian recipes…

International Day of Italian cuisine: celebrating homemade pesto sauce

8 April, 2020

Today is the fourth annual International Day for Italian Cuisine and this year’s focus is the regional Italian cuisine dish of pesto from Liguria. Genoa is the home of Italy’s famous pesto sauce and this edition follows the previous celebration…

Boutique shopping in Rome: 500 types of pasta at Pastateca

8 April, 2020

It’s true that you can do just about anything with pasta, but I would never have said there were 500 types of pasta in the world. But if you’re shopping in Rome and exploring its boutique stores, you might find…

Apple 'sagra' in Italy: Italian food festival of 'pom a moj' at Casalnoceto, Alessandria

7 April, 2020

Whether famous or not, apples are a traditional Italian product, with the most well known being the apples of Trentino-Alto Adige in Italy’s north. An old Italian food festival is being revived though, at Casalnoceto, between Alessandria and Pavia, where…

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…

Olive oil festival in Cetona, Tuscany

2 April, 2020

The Tuscan olive oil festival of Cetona, in Val di Chiana takes place this weekend from December 5 to 7 after many days of hard work to finish the olive harvest for this year. The extra virgin olive oil festival…

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.…

Weekend deals for Autumn Wine Food Festival in Italy

30 March, 2020

If you’re looking for weekend deals for autumn in Italy, try going to some of the Italian food festivals on in Emilia Romagna in the month of November. The Wine Food Festival is on where you can try all sorts…

Traditional Italian products: honey and protecting the bees of Northern Italy

25 March, 2020

The Italian Beekeepers’ Association has released a statement that the population of bees in Northern Italy is on the increase. This is positive news after a type of pesticide (neonicotinoids) had decimated the bee population and honey making for years.In…

Italian desserts for summer: lemon mousse

25 March, 2020

Italian desserts for summer range from the classic gelato to semifreddo (great if you haven’t got an icecream maker) and they also know how to do a good mousse as well. This Italian recipe uses the traditional product of lemons…

Italian summer recipes: pasta with potatoes and pesto

24 March, 2020

Italian pasta recipes can get creative and while it might seem like a strange combination to some, there is more than one example in Italy of pasta and potato served together. As summer in Italy approaches and we’re in a…

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…

Italy's agricultural minister presents McItaly: the McDonald's Italian burger

22 March, 2020

It was none other than the Italian minister for Agriculture who presented the McItaly burger to the public. The McItaly has been developed exclusively for the Italian market and is designed to contribute to promoting traditional Italian products.The McItaly was…

Traditional italian products

Salami bar in Milan: trying Italy's best wine, salami and cheese

Lessons in balsamic vinegar: the real stuff and how to taste it

Italian food festivals: polenta 'sagra' in Lazio

How to serve Italian cheese: condiments

Traditional Italian products: bresaola cured beef from the Valtellina

Traditional Italian recipes for New Year's Eve: cotechino carpaccio

Alitalia gets best airline food award

Spring recipes from Italy: pasta with asparagus

Finding the best buffalo mozzarella in Rome

Traditional Italian products: red chicory for Christmas and winter recipes

International Day of Italian cuisine: celebrating homemade pesto sauce

Boutique shopping in Rome: 500 types of pasta at Pastateca

Apple 'sagra' in Italy: Italian food festival of 'pom a moj' at Casalnoceto, Alessandria

Traditional Italian recipes: canederli from the Tyrol

Olive oil festival in Cetona, Tuscany

Traditional Italian products: mustard from Cremona

Weekend deals for Autumn Wine Food Festival in Italy

Traditional Italian products: honey and protecting the bees of Northern Italy

Italian desserts for summer: lemon mousse

Italian summer recipes: pasta with potatoes and pesto

Spring and Italian cheese: the cacioricotta from Salento

Italy's agricultural minister presents McItaly: the McDonald's Italian burger

Italian recipes for fall: eggplant parmigiana

Italian ingredients: how to cook with artichokes

Traditional Italian products: the black truffle of Salento famous on BBC