Delicacies

Food & Drink
by Silvia Donati | Sun, 12/14/2014 - 02:00
Not many people seem to be familiar with a pasta dressing originating from the Amalfi Coast, specifically from the maritime village of Cetara: colatura di…
Food & Drink
by Barry Lillie | Sun, 10/19/2014 - 03:00
It’s strange how something as humble as a cake can captivate the minds of writers and journalists like Mario Soldati and Maurizio Costanzo, both of who…
Food & Drink
by Barry Lillie | Thu, 08/14/2014 - 02:30
The region of Abruzzo in central Italy has a varied cuisine, with many isolated villages still recreating ancient recipes that outside the community are still…
Food & Drink
by Barry Lillie | Wed, 12/11/2013 - 08:00
Italians have a special relationship with baccalà; the salt-dried cod from the northern reaches of Europe is a Christmas Eve favourite and, in December, stalls…
Culture
by Katia Amore | Mon, 03/14/2011 - 11:20
Pizza Margherita is to many the true Italian flag. According to popular tradition, in 1889, 28 years after the unification of Italy, during a visit to Naples…
Food & Drink
by Katia Amore | Thu, 11/26/2009 - 07:19
Whenever Italians want to add a splash of purple to their recipes "radicchio" does the trick. But this colourful chicory is especially famous for its…