November it’s a great month for foodies in Italy. Starting from the truffles that are mostly available in November, then fruit and vegetables like oranges, grapes, olives and the whole family of cabbage including black cabbage, broccoli and cime di rapa (turnip greens). November fruit in Italy November is the right month to enjoy lots …
The cheese platter is one of the most famous Italian starters, it’s suitable for vegetarians and it’s rich in flavour and proteins. The cheese platter is also a perfect pairing for wine lovers, you can create combinations of aged cheese and red wine, fresh cheese and white wine or sparkling wines like prosecco, spumante brut …
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Extra virgin olive oil tasting is very similar to wine tasting: you need to smell the oil and then put it in your mouth and savour it as you do for wine. You need to appreciate the typical notes of fruitiness, the bitter and the spicy. These are the main characteristics of EVO oil. The …
Discover one of the most iconic recipes of Italian food culture. La bruschetta is not a recipe, it’s a tradition. It was born as a simple recipe to make use of the stale bread, by grilling the stale bread on the barbeque it becomes fragrant and crunchy. You top it with garlic spread by literally …
Here below you can find our favourite top 10 Italian pasta dishes. There are Italian pasta recipes for every diet: meat eater, pescatarian, vegetarian and vegan. Top 10 Italian pasta recipes Spaghetti alla carbonara The carbonara sauce seems to have been invented by a young Bolognese chef named Renato Gualandi, who had to improvise a …
White wine it’s the perfect drink to pair with your summer dinners. it is served cool, around 10 degrees and it’s usually paired with seafood, pasta, white meats and vegetables. Italian white wines by region Italian white wines are produced from North to South of Italy: in the north like in Alto Adige (South Tirol) …
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The summer diet in Italy, with temperatures now regularly reaching 40 degrees, is enriched with numerous dishes to be enjoyed cold. Most of these dishes are based on fruit and vegetables accompanied by pasta and rice, but there are also fish and meat dishes to be enjoyed cold and very tasty. Seafood salad: made with …
In the last 3 year I went to Sicily on holiday for at least a week every year. My preferred area is the between Siracusa and Marzamemi. But this year I’m going to change and visit San Vito Lo Capo. What I love about Ortigia is the cultural experience of Sicily mixed with the possibility …
Whereever you are in the world, if you eat caviar your are likely to eat Italian caviar. Italy produces one of the best caviar quality in the world and also in large quantities. Two years ago Italy produced 50 tons of caviar with price range for the sturgeon eggs from 400 euros to 2.000 euros …
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The mediterranean diet Thousands of years ago, Indians, Chinese and Sumerians discovered that some foods could be effectively used to prevent and treat certain diseases. Hippocrates, the true father of Western medicine, used to say “let food be your medicine and your medicine be food“. From this statement comes the expression “We are what we …
