Italian Cuisine and traditional recipes

Traditional Italian Christmas recipe from Umbria: walnut crunch

5 April, 2020

This yummy Italian Christmas recipe comes from Umbria and is a kind of walnut crunch called “le nociate”. Walnuts are frequently to be found in Italian cooking in various regions, including “nociate romane” from Rome and “copete ternane” from Terni,…

Italian snack recipes: mozzarella and olive balls

5 April, 2020

This Italian recipe is quick and easy to prepare; in no time you will have a delicious snack!Ingredients; Manitoba flour; I/2 cup warm water; yeast; 1 teaspoon sugar; stoned black and green olives; mozzarella cubes; oil; salt.Directions: mix the sugar…

Olive oil festival in Cetona, Tuscany

2 April, 2020

The Tuscan olive oil festival of Cetona, in Val di Chiana takes place this weekend from December 5 to 7 after many days of hard work to finish the olive harvest for this year. The extra virgin olive oil festival…

Typical regional cheese: The Asìno

2 April, 2020

The traditional name of this cheese comes from Mount Asio, though today its most popular name is Salato Morbido Friulano. In order to have a fresh and white cheese they keep it in a mixture of water, milk and salt…

Culinary tours, food festivals and wine tasting in Italy

2 April, 2020

There are many culinary tours of Italy that you can do, to enjoy the traditional Italian products in different regions, and today we give you a few names of companies that might help in planning your Italy by taste itinerary.…

Festivals in Italy: Putignano to host gastronomic festival "Rit o' Castidd"

2 April, 2020

An interesting event called Rit o’Castidd (which in the local vernacular means behind the castle) will soon take place in the small town of Putignano, near Bari. Located just behind the Church of Saint Peter and the Balì Palace, the…

Eurochocolate 2009: Europe's biggest chocolate festival in Perugia

2 April, 2020

The Italian food festival you’ve all been waiting is nearly here, with Eurochocolate starting on October 16 in the home town of Baci Perugina. Every year, Perugia in Umbria hosts the chocolate festival, and this year opening the festival are…

Italian cuisine in New York: get tips and recipes from Lidia Bastianich

1 April, 2020

Croatian cook Lidia Matticchio Bastianich has a quite interesting story behind her. Forced to leave her homeland, back then oppressively ruled by a Communist dictator, Ms Bastianich took refuge in Italy where she patiently learned all the secrets of Italian…

Christmas in Val d'Aosta : Christmas markets, food festivals and art contests

30 March, 2020

December is the best month to discover (or rediscover if you have already been there) the Aosta Valley up in the north of Italy; Christmas markets and rustic food festivals (along of course with its snow trails) are its chief…

Traditional Italian products: mustard from Cremona

30 March, 2020

Mention the word mustard and most Italians will screw up their nose and give you a tirade on how disgusting the food is in Germany and how the last time they went there they spent three days on a diet.…

Weekend deals for Autumn Wine Food Festival in Italy

30 March, 2020

If you’re looking for weekend deals for autumn in Italy, try going to some of the Italian food festivals on in Emilia Romagna in the month of November. The Wine Food Festival is on where you can try all sorts…

Restaurants in Calabria: Osteria del pescatore in Tropea

29 March, 2020

Calabria in the South of Italy is a place of incomparable beauty; a wild landscape that will make your heart go faster and fill you with a strange elation. But besides its natural beauty, Calabria has much to offer; its…

Traditional Italian Easter recipes: lamb with vegetables

29 March, 2020

If you are looking for a recipe for your Easter meal, you have come to the right place. This Italian lamb-based dish is simply delicious. Here are the ingredients: 600 g chopped lamb; 3 carrots, 100 g shelled peas; 300…

Italian food and Porsche for culinary event in Udine

27 March, 2020

Not quite a culinary tour of Italy in a Porsche, the ‘Via dei sapori “in” Porsche’ at Udine is a chance to get close to some luxury cars and enjoy a hearty Italian meal from Friuli, too. On March 24th…

Roma Gourmet: an English guide to gourmet Italy and Italian cooking

27 March, 2020

Roma Gourmet is an Italian-English blog on the Italian culinary tradition in Rome, including recipes of Italian dishes and a guide to Rome restaurants. The aim is not only to present Italian cuisine, but to do so in a literary…

Italian summer recipes: insalata di farro

26 March, 2020

Italy has a wonderful culinary tradition of using locally grown beans, legumes, and grains one type of which is the ‘farro’ or spelt grain. It is a lot like barley but has a nutty flavour due to the drying process…

Traditional Italian products: honey and protecting the bees of Northern Italy

25 March, 2020

The Italian Beekeepers’ Association has released a statement that the population of bees in Northern Italy is on the increase. This is positive news after a type of pesticide (neonicotinoids) had decimated the bee population and honey making for years.In…