Hills that express wine
The tour of Oltrepò Pavese also makes me immerse myself in the richness of the wine in the area. Just looking at the beautiful and …
Mondeghili
Mondeghili is also one of the typical dishes of Lombardy cuisine, eaten at a table, in a bar or on the street. Mondeghili is a …
Pig foot
A local reappraised dish from the ‘cucina povera’ or ‘poor kitchen’ is pigs’ foot. Piera Spalla from the restaurant Selvatico in Rivanazzano Terme made it …
Salame di Varzi
In Varzi, in the southern part of Oltrepò Pavese, I looked for its famous salami. As I tasted this salami together with a schita, I …
Schita
The dough is very simple: flour, water and a bit of salt. The novelty lies in the social communication around it, which began two years …
City fruit
People from all over Italy have settled in Milan in recent decades. It gave a new impulse to the food scene and to a wide …
Liguria: Mare e Monti
If you can’t decide wether you want ‘mare’ sea or ‘monti mountains for the holiday, or in this case honeymoon. Liguria has both!
Jewel of the Ligurian Sea
Grown exclusively before the coast of Sanremo, the ‘gambero rosso’, – large, red shrimp – is a real jewel! So I paid a visit to …