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Italian cooking lessons and regional cuisine: discovering Friuli and the herbs of Carnia

19 March, 2020

Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia region is one to explore for its amazing Italian white wines, food, and interesting culture and history. What’s more, it has wonderful scenery and landscape, and is the gateway to Slovenia and eastern Europe. The mountain…

Traditional Italian products: Bresaola from Valtellina

18 March, 2020

Bresaola from Valtellina is air-dried salted beef that needs to be aged for two or three months. Made from defatted meat, bresaola is now a PGI (protected geographical indication ) and thanks to its unique characteristics, it will keep you…

Celebrating 150 years of Italian cuisine: dishes with the Italian flag

17 March, 2020

Italian cooking tradition is about as varied as they come: from north to south, the famous peninsula offers just about everything. Even the most famous Italian cuisine overseas has a local tradition from somewhere in the Bel Paese. In fact,…

Real Italian pizza toppings: it's a regional thing

17 March, 2020

As you may guess from Italy’s classic “Margherita” pizza with tomato, cheese and oregano (or basil), supreme and Hawaiian pizza varieties do not exist on native soil. Neither does cabanossi o pepperoni, and while Italians are getting more adventurous with…

Warm gorgonzola and radicchio salad

15 March, 2020

This tasty side dish uses the traditional Italian products of gorgonzola and radicchio. Italy’s famous blue cheese has become more industrial these days, often with a creamier texture, and you can use it in this recipe with radicchio. Italy has…