A Chestnut Festival in Tuscany
The autumn in Italy is time for the sagre, festivals of local produce as it comes into season. Chestnuts are a common product all over Tuscany. Read about a typical sagra.
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Venetian word of the day: bussolai
Bussolai are delicious, yellow, butter cookies from the Venetian island of Burano. Read more about them, and how to get them, in this latest Venetian Word of the Day article.
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Bigoli in salsa: Venetian pasta (recipe)
Bigoli in salsa is the only really traditional Venetian pasta dish. Made with simple ingredients from the Venetian lagoon it’s packed with umami. Follow my instructions to Venetian heaven on a plate.
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Tortelli di zucca: pumpkin pasta from Modena (recipe)
It’s pumpkin season again and the shops are full of all shapes and sizes of squash ready to be made into soups, risotti, gnocchi and so on. Italians love pumpkin, or zucca as they call it.
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Roman Jewish Cuisine
Roman Jewish Cuisine developed in the Roman ghetto, established in 1555. Find out more about this fascinating culinary sub-culture which can still be experienced today.
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Pyramid of Caius Cestius
The Pyramid of Caius Cestius and the Protestant Cemetery are two of the lesser-known highlights of southern Rome. Join me on a quick tour and discover the graves of the English poets Keats and Shelley.
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