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Italian recipes: how to make traditional pasta with tomatoes

19 March, 2020

I remember the tomato day fiascos when I was a child. Any of my Italo-Australian friends had this great day where the family would all get together and make tomato sauce.It sounded so culturally romantic and I could never understand…

History and legend of the Farinata Genovese: Italian chick pea dish

19 March, 2020

Among the historic marvels that Genoa has to offer, we can also include a typical dish, perhaps the most well known outside Liguria: the “farinata” made from chick peas.The dish is known for the simplicity of its ingredients: chick pea…

Traditional Italian recipe: gnocchi with gorgonzola

17 March, 2020

If you want a classic Italian dish that has all the tradition of Italian cooking, look no further than the simple but timeless gnocchi with gorgonzola (the smaller gnocchetti adapt themselves even better to this dish).Ingredients include one packet of…

The best street food and snacks in Milano and Florence

15 March, 2020

After our piece on Italians and their salami sandwiches, it seems snacks and street food is all the rage. The Repubblica newspaper has dedicated a double page spread to the new Italian fashion: the bread roll and all its forms.…