5 Prosecco party cocktails (recipe)
Five of the best cocktails, using the world’s favourite sparkling wine, to liven up your Christmas party.
Veneto
Venetian word of the day: castelàn
Castelàn is the name given to someone from Castello, one of the six districts of the historical centre of Venice. Often thought of as one of the last remaining parts of the real Venice, it hosts some of the most important buildings too.
Christmas in Venice: Cakes
With less than a week to go before Christmas we turn to the cakes that Venetians will be eating next Monday. The traditional Venetian Christmas cake is so famous that you can find it almost anywhere.
Christmas in Venice: Pasta e fasioi
This Venetian winter warmer is considered a classic of the cuisine of the Veneto. It consists of a thick bean soup into which pasta is thrown to cook at the last minute.
Polpette biscotte al finocchio: fennel meatballs (recipe)
Italian food may be simple, but often it’s not fast: but that’s one of its charms. Good ingredients, cooked well. It’s no surprise therefore that the Slow Food movement started in Italy. Traditionally, a lot of the more time-consuming dishes would have been cooked by housewives while their husbands were out at work, …
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Torta salata di melanzana: aubergine tart (recipe)
It’s no secret that I love aubergines, or eggplants as some of you call them, or … well for argument’s sake let’s call them melanzane, the Italian word. So, it’s no secret that I love melanzane and would probably eat them every day, if I could. When cooked properly, they have the same mouth-puckering strength as a …
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