Pasta e fagioli – Italian Borlotti Beans and Pasta Soup
I don’t remember the first time I ate pasta e fagioli, but for sure I was already attending high school. Even though this dish appears in regional cookbooks of Lombardy, this…
Kabocha soup with smoked paprika chickpeas
Every year during winter the space in the garden dedicated to our orto (vegetable garden) remains uncultivated and we frequently throw there vegetables and fruits skins and seeds. This is the…
Pan Meino, a treat from Lombardy
September means back to school; therefore Cucina Conversations girls and I (what’s Cucina Conversations? Head to the first post, and you’ll discover!), we chose merenda as this month’s topic. Merenda is…
Uova con il pomodoro – Eggs with tomato sauce
The origin of a dish is something always fascinates me a lot, especially when the dish belongs the tradition. Every town, region and sometimes even country is ready to claim…
Friggitelli stuffed with feta, taggiasca olives and mint
I felt in love with Greece somewhen during high school. Here in Italy we hear about Greece since primary school, and it is a constant presence in literature, in art…
Roasted peppers with garlic and chilli
When you invite a friend for dinner, and you have peppers on the menu, sometimes it happens they say “no, please! They are so difficult to digest”. If by chance…
Cucina Conversations: Acciughe alla povera with Bolgheri Rosato
Do you know that seafood has its own seasonality? We are so used to find any kind of fish every day at the market, that we completely forgot that ,…
Cherry Tomato Confit
This is the fourth year we are cultivating our garden. As soon as we moved in this new house, we had no doubt. A portion of our garden would have…
Gourmet Travels
100 destinations for Food&Wine travellers
byWhich are the 100 travel destinations you want to visit in your life? That’s the question that my fellow blogger Serena Puosi from Mercoledì tutta la settima asked herself in this post, where…
Recipes
Pasta e fagioli – Italian Borlotti Beans and Pasta Soup
byI don’t remember the first time I ate pasta e fagioli, but for sure I was already attending high school. Even though this dish appears in regional cookbooks of Lombardy, this…