How to prepare an Italian antipasto platter
Create your own antipasto platter in a few easy steps. Learn how to choose ingredients like an Italian.
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What do Italians eat for New Year?
What do Italians eat at New Year and what other traditions do they observe? Find out in my quick guide to Italian New Year or Capodanno.
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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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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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Lo Scopettaro, Rome: Restaurant Review
On the banks of the river Tiber, in the trendy Testaccio district of Rome, Lo scopettaro is a local institution. Founded in 1930 it still serves high-quality Roman cuisine.
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