Have you ever had to wake up late and not have more time to organize something with friends? Or to have friends over but an almost empty fridge? Sometimes it …
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Have you ever had to wake up late and not have more time to organize something with friends? Or to have friends over but an almost empty fridge? Sometimes it …
Do you know Val d'Aveto? In 1945, during World War II, Ernest Hemingway, then a war journalist annexed to the American army, crossed it towards Piacenza and in the evening he …
When did the Italian ritual of sipping amaro to seal a meal come about? And how do you prepare the Liguria hazelnut cake of Chiavari? This is what I tell you …
There is no trattoria in the Ligurian countryside that does not offer "Ligurian braised rabbit" in its menu. There is no family that does not have a nonna’s recipe …
And finally Christmas has come and with it the time to plan the menu for celebrating. My Genoa Christmas menu (but for the starter, which is a family recipe) looks back …
Last month I was invited to participate as a guest at the gastronomic event "Rapallo del gusto", a series of meeting focused on the promotion of local products and traditional …
Summer time of salads: fast, fresh, light. But also with a story to tell, why not? In Liguria we have a couple of salats that with their ingredients represent our region, …
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 …
