There are those who defined the Genoese meat ravioli as “the most exquisite of all the soups in the world” (Giovanni Casaccia, Genovese-Italian Dictionary, Genoa 1851). Someone like Ratto, author of one of the first cookbooks on Ligurian cuisine (“La […]
Most of those who has a thing about baking knows the “genoise” sponge cake. It’s the soft cake made just with eggs, sugar and flour, a few butter and no baking powder. A cake extremely …
This recipe of baked stuffed zucchini blossoms came out of my kitchen unexpected. Last week I gave my first intensive two days cooking class in Cervo. My guest was Julie, an American personal chef travelling …
Focaccia in Genoa is ubiquitous. It is in our life from sunrise to sunset. We soak it in the cappuccino for breakfast (yes, we do, and it’s incredibly good), we give it to our children …
I will remember this 2018 also because at the end of May my first book was born. It's a little book, made with love. It’s written in Italian and in English too. It’s about bitter …
Anchovies cacciatore, "alici alla cacciatora" in Italian, is a culinary nonsense. "Alla cacciatora" or "cacciatore" means hunter style, hunter. Generally this adjective describes a dish made of chicken or game, but not for fish. Nonetheless this recipe …
I knew she would had come, as I know that seasons follow each other incessantly. And on March 20, the day of the spring solstice of 2018, she was born. Her name is Elena. I carried her for …
Simplicity often amazes. In the kitchen it is so: if you use excellent raw materials, few of them treated with care and combined with judgment and experience are enough to create excellent dishes. Stroscia cake of …
White as the sky, roofs and streets of Genoa these days. White as the snow that enveloped Genoa in a whirlwind of icy wind. The white cardoon with its candor has the taste and shape of …
This is the recipe my granny used to prepare as soon as huge boxes of fresh artichokes arrived from our farmer of Albenga (btw in Albenga the best ever Italian Riviera artichokes grow!). Before starting to …
Behind the shaped iron gate a dusted road bordered by tall stone columns runs: it cuts in half a large orchard with thick trees of dark green leaves. An ancient Romanesque church of the ninth …
