Polenta is an ancient dish, tasty and nutritious. Sausages and various cheeses are the common accompaniment to Polenta, but Polenta is also a side dish to grilled meat. Polenta has its roots in Mesopotamia. It is considered one of the first cooked foods in human history. Cereal flour is the basic ingredient of Polenta. Corn flour
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There are so many city in Italy that have food name. Gragnano, Parma, Colonnata, Gorgonzola, are only a bunch of them. Actually, there are some more, from the north to the south of Italy. To give food name to the city it is not an Italian linguistic affectation but something much more important. When a
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Mortadella is so soft and silky to the palate with a lovely pink color and a very good smell. For that reason it’s not possible to not love it! But for most of Italians Mortadella sandwich is something more. It is a childhood memory, a school snack or a typical sandwich to be enjoyed during
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As the name suggests, Porchetta (Roasted Pork) derives from pork. Pig breeding in Italy has always been very important and its development follows human evolution, since the time of the Etruscans. The Romans also cooked and loved this type of meat. They are the ones who handed down to us the “Porcellum farcilem”, a recipe
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Italy suffered many raids from the Arab people since the 7th century. They conquered Sicily and settle here for about 200 years until the arrival of Normans. During this time, Arab bring some changes to the Italian food culture. We find these changes above all in many Sicilian dishes but also in many dishes of the Southern Italy.
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Piadina from Romagna is well know all over the world. Perhaps not everyone knows Crescia from Marche. It is very similar to the famous Piadina Romagnola but it has some extra ingredient on it, such as eggs and pepper. In Marche region Crescia is often the substitute of bread. It can be eat stuffed or even
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Zuppa Inglese is one of the most popular spoon dessert in Italy. Many countries love it and say they invented it. The contenders are Naples, Rome and two region: Tuscany and Emilia Romagna. England is not between them. It’s for sure that it has nothing to do with the Zuppa. The “English Soup” (Zuppa Inglese)
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