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Pandolce Genovese Genoa Cake

The Tradition Of Pandolce Genovese

Pandolce Genovese translates literally to “sweet bread”, one of the biggest icons of the Genoan cuisine and tradition. It used to be served on the days of Christmas, New Year’s Eve, and Epiphany. Nowadays you can taste Pandolce Genovese all year round, as it is regularly produced all over the country. The traditional recipe for

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Crescia Recipe

This Is Crescia Not Piadina

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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Dishes Rome

5 Best Foods You Need To Try In Rome

The typical Roman cuisine is one of the tastiest and most ancient of the peninsula. At the base of the traditional recipes, there are many local products of rural and peasant origin. Many of the ingredients of Roman culinary specialties are vegetable and animal products whose processing dates back to past centuries. If you are

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Neapolitan Babà

The Best Recipes in Campanian Cuisine

The typical dishes of Campania are undoubtedly among the most numerous in Italy. Thanks to its climatic characteristics and the fertilizing effects of the volcanoes, Campania is a land rich in excellent food products. Having been at the center of exchanges between people and cultures since ancient times, making it possible to further enrich the

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Apulian Cartellate

Origins Of Cartellate, An Apulian Dessert

Cartellate, also known in their dialectal version as cartiddhate, are typical Apulian Christmas sweets that can be tasted all year round, especially during Christmas. They are more typical of the Bari area but can be found as far as Salento. In Salento, these sweets are prepared together with another typical Christmas delicacy, the purceddhuzzi. The

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carnaroli rice

Curiosities about Carnaroli Rice

Carnaroli rice has always been associated to Lombardy, where it was born in 1945 from the crossing of Vialone and Lencino varieties. The inventor of this new product, Ettore de Vecchi, was looking for a rice having characteristics of cooking and resistance to atmospheric agents. The etymology is the result of a promise made by

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Speck Italian

Origins And Uses Of Speck

Speck is a smoky, salt-cured, pork meat. It has a long history, going back hundreds of years in the northern mountains of Italy. Speck is a type of salami from Alto Adige, made from pork leg that is similar to prosciutto crudo, but with a smoky flavor. However, unlike prosciutto Crudo, the bone is removed

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