The aperitivo tradition is one of my favorite ones: a time to enjoy time with friends after work before heading home for dinner, or to skip dinner altogether once you enjoy the
many snacks Italian bars will serve with their drinks- for free! Take a look at a few aperitivi in Italy- yummi!
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Recco, a small town a few miles East of Genoa on the Italian Riviera, is not the most interesting city of that area. In fact, its most significant feature is culinary! Recco gives its name to the most famous focaccia dish- the Focaccia di Recco. It is said that in ancient times, the population of [...]
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Back from three weeks of “palate resetting” (that’s what my mother calls it!) in Italy, I have some amazing pictures to share, some fun stories, and a lot of interesting bits about Italian culinary culture…
While I organize my pictures and write up everything I have been dying to share, let me start with a picture. [...]
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Making risotto is not particularly hard: rice, water, ingredient, time, right? Well, not quite. The route to risotto perfection is scattered with obstacles, but these five steps will make your dish an impeccable one!
Step 1: Soffritto
Every great risotto starts with a good soffritto: sautéing onions in butter or olive oil. Butter is really for it [...]
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When picking rice for your Italian dishes, you are probably under the impression that Arborio rice is the highest standard. In fact, as it is well known in Asian culinary cultures, each rice variety has different characteristics that make it more apt for one dish or another.
Risotto rice is made of two types of starches: [...]
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