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Traveling along the scenic routes of Val d’Orcia and Val D’Elsa in Tuscany is nothing short of a dream come true for most visitors. And when you finally arrive here you will absolutely with no doubt, fall in love and you will want to come back again and again. Haven […]
As autumn finally settles across Italian kitchens, moms, and grandmas—usually more than happy to delight the family with their Sunday recipes—find their homes filled with new aromas. Pumpkins, mushrooms, truffles, broccoli rabe, chestnuts… These are just some seasonal stars now entering Italian recipe books. Here’s an example of an October […]
When one thinks of Italian cuisine, gnocchi often comes to mind: they are comforting and delicious, and go well with plenty of sauces. Unlike the harder, durum wheat pasta varieties, gnocchi are soft, pillowy dumplings, made using a wide range of ingredients and many regional variations exist: from the traditional […]
Pasta: never cook it this way!
Hints and tips to cook pasta the Italian way: cook the pasta al dente, simmer for a minute or two with the sauce, and no ketchup!
Nuns or concubines, phalli or faucets, our cannoli were probably born during the Middle Ages, the result of Arab influence on the flavors of Sicilian cuisine.
Green light for blue crab fishing
I am Italian yet not necessarily invested in defending the purity of our recipes and their execution but …carbonara in a tin? Yes, you read that right: Heinz is launching spaghetti carbonara in a tin and, as you may guess, this has ignited a firestorm of controversy in Italy. The […]
Figs are the fruit of the season. In Italy, they are mainly harvested between August and September, with most of the cultivation concentrated in the South. Did you know that over 90% of the national production comes from the regions of Calabria, Puglia, and Campania? A true Italian’s August wouldn’t […]
One of the greatest challenges of raising healthy kids is to convince them to eat more vegetables! I tried – and still try – it all! Here’s a way however if you’ve been asking how to get kids to eat vegetables, Orechiette ai broccoli recipe from Puglia, Italy. Great pasta with […]