Authentic Italian, commonplaces and bad imitations! Don’t believe it’s all real Italian! Maybe they’re just cheating you!!!!
I read some bad news about chains of Italian restaurants abroad. What I actually got is quite sad. After the problems had by Jamie Oliver, some papers… Read more “I read the news about Italian restaurant chains….”
This week I received the usual newsletter from Nigella’s website. She often gives smart recipes and interesting tastes. I must say that when I cook according to… Read more “Pasta with Marmite?? AAAAARGH!”
As I always tell you, in Italy culinary tradition is very important. Every area has its typical dishes and you won’t find the same recipes in all… Read more “Italian food philosophy according to one of my favourite Masterchef winners!”
Yes! I mean what I wrote here above. Abroad, people call pizza every bloody piece of bread garnished with something. It’s not possible. Pizza is pizza. Pizza… Read more “STOP CALLING PIZZA ANYTHING YOU SEE!”
Gnocchi, as I said about pasta, are a main dish and they are not a side. If you find, for instance, steak with gnocchi, get suspicious! They… Read more “Commonplaces: GNOCCHI, another tortured dish!”
Pesto alla genovese is a wonderful raw sauce. Its smell is amazing and it tastes great and soooo fresh! It’s quite easy to prepare, but proportions among ingredients must be respected, at… Read more “Delicious Pesto alla Genovese”
I was surfing the web and, with great pleasure, I found this recipe posted by the NYT which finally corresponded to the Italian one. I was almost… Read more “The recipe is fine, but please, have a look at the comments!”
Carbonara is one of the most mistreated recipes ever! Really! It really makes us Italians suffer a lot! First of all, here is a short list of… Read more “CARBONARA: commonplaces and big mistakes”
I explained you how to cook ragù. Now it’s time I tell you how to cook a nice nice lasagna. I’ll use the way we have in… Read more “Lasagne! I just can’t get enough!”
I was watching Food Network. There was Guy visiting a restaurant where the owner was proposing the Italian recipes of his Italian granma. When I saw what… Read more “An Italian nightmare in Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives”
