Panettone is coming
Panettone is the archetypal Italian Christmas cake, now on sale all over Italy. But are its origins what they seem?
Christmas
Carnival in Venice
Tomorrow, 27 January 2018, is the official start of what is probably the most famous carnival in the world, the Carnevale di Venezia. Soon the calli and campi will be full of people, mostly tourists and mostly French, sporting costumes ranging from the outlandish to the opulent, and posing for photographs evocative of the final century of …
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.
Venetian Cioccolata calda (recipe)
Cioccolata calda, is the Venetian winter drink par excellence. It’s been being served all over the city since the early 1600s. Find out how to make it yourself.
Capodanno 2016: review of the year
This has been a great first year for Chestnuts and Truffles and I would like to thank each and every one of you who has visited, read, liked, shared, or commented on the site. I can promise you that 2016 will be an even better year with lots of authentic Italian recipes, how tos, …
In Italy, Christmas comes twice a year
Christmas comes but once a year, but it’s a little known fact that in Italy, children get two bites at the panforte. Another festival, with huge similarities to the festivities on the 25th December, occurs just twelve days later. On the night of the 5th January, Italian children hang up their stockings at the end of the …