This is Marcella Hazan’s recipe. She prepared it for lunch on the terrace outside the lovely, antique-filled top-floor apartment she and her husband, Victor, share in the Cannaregio district of Venice. The Hazan’s served the quail with polenta. Sauteed rabbit with herbs 2 rabbits, cut in serving pieces 4 sprigs […]
Here is hearty peasant fare from Treviso and the mountains north of Venice. “Dishes for the poor take longer to cook,” Francesco observes. The pigeon soup enriched with bread is a second-day bonus using leftovers or extra pigeons (or ducks, for that matter) that have been sautéed or roasted. “This […]
The region of Liguria is also known as the Italian Riviera and is well marked as a major tourist spot with famous resort towns sprinkled among fishing villages and rocky coastline. Liguria occupies a thin stretch of coastline from Italy’s western border with France, following the Mediterranean coastline south and east […]
Many Italians are incredibly attracted to the USA and its culture. Certainly, movies and tv had a huge influence on the Italian public, as they showed us the country’s cities and great outdoors, its skyscrapers and mountains. Italians became so fascinated by the US, many do visit it each year, and […]
At the beginning of 2016 Dolce & Gabbana launched a campaign for a new fragrance; protagonist of the video is Sophia Loren. The video proved extremely successful. Sophia Loren is a lady fixing the family villa in Bagheria, Sicily, with the help of her 5 children; once the villa is […]
Perfect to warm up November’s colder evenings, this rich and delicious risotto is full of seasonal pumpkin and spiced up by chunks of Italian sausage. Top it with grated parmigiano and see if you manage not to have second helpings! Pumpkin and Italian sausage risotto 1 1/2 cup Carnaroli rice […]
The Sienese Ricciarelli are Tuscan Christmas marzipan cookies. Sienese Ricciarelli 173 gr caster sugar 200 gr almond power 35 gr all-purpose flour 7 gr orange candied zest (chopped) 7 gr water 30 gr icing sugar 1 pinch baking powder 1 egg white In a medium bowl pour all ingredients […]
Even their name is sweet and delicious: baci di dama, lady’s kisses. These rich, yet delicate cookies filled with a thin layer of chocolate are one of the many gifts to Italy of Piemonte’s baking tradition. Their origin dates back to the 19th century and is shredded in an aura of legend. […]
Red snapper is not a Venetian fish, but you are unlikely to find sea bream, a variety the Venetians might use for a recipe like this. Besides, like the reveler who dons a fanciful mask and becomes Venetian for Carnevale, red snapper takes on a Venetian accent when it is […]
Northern cities included in the UNESCO list The UNESCO sites to visit in the Northern part of the country are rich in number and spread among the regions of Lombardy, Liguria, Piedmont, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Monuments, pieces of art or interesting places, they have all been considered so […]
