For those of you who are not Ligurian: Levanto is a small village of 6K inhabitants, but during the summer it has as many as 26K, thanks to the tourism …
Just spend a couple of days in Genoa to discover that here there is an ice cream (oops! a semifreddo) unique in the world impossible to resist: Panera! The name "Panera" …
Quaresimali are my obsession this Easter! I have already made them three times as they cannot last until Easter! They are ancient Liguria sweets traditional in the Lent period and …
Punctually late, here a Ligurian recipe for your Easter lunch: lamb with artichokes. Eating lamb at Easter is an ancient tradition spread throughout Italy if not in all Christian countries. Consuming …
Carnival sweet ravioli represent an ancient Genovese confectionery tradition, where marzipan, in different shapes and colors, appears almost every holiday. It is said that marzipan recipe was invented by a small …
Liguria has a long tradition linked to pasta, both dry and stuffed. In fact for centuries, along with Campania and Sicily, it contested the primacy in the production and export …
Genoese have always been used to eat lasagna on the day of Epiphany, and there is no reason not to respect this tradition! Genoa indeed was the first city …
As usual I reduce myself to the last minute. Just like the almond crunchy nougat, to be prepared even at the last minute. Here the recipe of this ancient, …
A contemplative post this time. I spent the last two weekend in Val Graveglia harvesting chestnuts and mushrooms and this is a short photo reportage. Just to give you …
Sardenaria: some history, my recipe and where to eat it. Sardenaira is a historic dish, a gastronomical monument of the extreme western Italian Riviera, even beyond the France border. They say …
The grapes harvesting season in the Italian Riviera has just begun, then what better time to talk a little about the most famous wines produced in Liguria? First of all you …
