Authentic Italian, commonplaces and bad imitations! Don’t believe it’s all real Italian! Maybe they’re just cheating you!!!!
This recipe is very simple and tastes very fresh, even if it’s a warm dish! What’s important here is having good quality raw material! Believe me, you’ll… Read more “Recipe: spaghetti with fresh tuna and lemon!”
Finally, after a very cold May, here in Italy summer’s arrived. It’s terribly hot in these days actually. What we really appreciate in this case, is tasty… Read more “VITELLO TONNATO, delicious cold veal in tuna sauce!”
Yes! This is an itchy topic!!!! The usage of cream made abroad on Italian dishes make all Italians go mad! On tv every chef puts cream galore… Read more “THE USAGE OF CREAM IN ITALIAN RECIPES ABROAD. A REAL NIGHTMARE!!!”
I read some bad news about chains of Italian restaurants abroad. What I actually got is quite sad. After the problems had by Jamie Oliver, some papers… Read more “I read the news about Italian restaurant chains….”
This week I received the usual newsletter from Nigella’s website. She often gives smart recipes and interesting tastes. I must say that when I cook according to… Read more “Pasta with Marmite?? AAAAARGH!”
In the NYT somebody wrote an article where ther is a huge blasphemy: – listen carefulli to this silly statement – Aperol spritz is not good!!! I’m… Read more “SPRITZ IS NOT GOOOOD? WHO DARES???????”
Here is a very typical recipe from the South of Italy, from Sicily to be precise! The name of this dish is a tribute to the “Norma”… Read more “Pasta alla Norma – with aubergines and ricotta salata”
I’ve always asked myself: why do people in the movies throw pasta against the wall to check if it’s cooked? If they stick they are cooked according… Read more “Commonplace: throwing pasta against something to check if it’s ready”
NO! We don’t put ketchup on pasta. We actually don’t put ketchup anywhere except for fries, sandwiches, burgers and hot dogs (I mean, not very Italian dishes).… Read more “Commonplace: KETCHUP”
Torta Pasqualina is a pot pie typically eaten in Easter period. Everybody has his own mix: somebody uses just spinaches, somebody puts also chards. Me, I prefer… Read more “An Easter recipe: delicious TORTA PASQUALINA!”
