Liguria is the thin strip of land squeezed between the Mediterranean and the Alpi Marittime, the last (or first!) stretch of Alps that embraces Piemonte to the North. Liguria has historically been a harsh land, subject to colonization by foreign powers, with very little arable land and so dependent for food mostly on the sea [...]
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Piedmont is becoming my “third home” in some ways- my husband’s family is from Cuneo, a land of culinary beauties in my opinion! Since neither in Tuscany nor in Romagna beef is central to the diet, I am always captured by the brasati, the famous braised meats of Southern Piedmont cooked for hours with the [...]
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How about we continue in this quest for the top 5 things to eat? 5 dishes you can’t miss, less than 2 days- and then you can move on and explore another place! Being from Romagna means being spoiled beyond belief in terms of food. This small region nestled between the Apennines mountains and the [...]
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Most of the questions I get about Italy are about where to stay, where to eat, and what to see. Given Italy’s diversity, I think another good thing to know is what to eat in each region- what not to miss in each area that you would not be able to experience elsewhere! I grew [...]
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I am not the best baker in the world, so for making pan di spagna I recruited the very expert help of Lucia, one of the owners of La Bottega in Menlo Park. Making pan di spagna is not hard, but it requires discipline- mix the ingrediens in the right order, warm up the oven [...]
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