Perfect for a special snack or as a treat for the youngest in your home, pumpkin fritters can be served also at dinner time as a starter, or along with a nice aperitivo. Only thing, try to eat them warm: as all fritters, they are much better!
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Tuscany: Where vineyards and cypress trees paint a picture-perfect paradise
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 […]
Italian October Menu: autumn flavors
As autumn finally settles across Italian kitchens, moms, and grandmas鈥攗sually more than happy to delight the family with their Sunday recipes鈥攆ind their homes filled with new aromas. Pumpkins, mushrooms, truffles, broccoli rabe, chestnuts… These are just some seasonal stars now entering Italian recipe books. Here鈥檚 an example of an October […]
Gnocchi: there is more to them than potatoes!
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 […]
How NOT To Cook Pasta
Pasta: never cook it this way!
How to Cook Pasta the Italian 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!
The “spicy” history of cannoli Siciliani
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.
Do we eat Blue Crab in Italy?
Green light for blue crab fishing
Carbonara in a tin? Yes, according to Heinz
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 recipes to try in Italy
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 […]