Easy peasy risi e bisi (recipe)
This is not the traditional recipe for risi e bisi (Venetian rice and peas). This is the version that my mother cooked for me when I was a kid.
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Insalata primavera (recipe)
Insalata primavera, spring salad, with all the colours and flavours of the season combined in a mouthful. An excellent way to taste seasonal peas.
Risi e bisi … a dish fit for a doge
Although I live in Tuscany, I was born far to the north in the city of Venice. I am very proud of this fact, and that for most of my life I have been greeted with admiring and impressed faces when I answer the question ‘Where in Italy are you from?’ According to tradition, the …