For Palm Sunday it's a tradition in the Italian Riviera baking sweet donuts, called "canestrelli", covered with colored sprinkles. People used to bring them to Church for having them blessed jointly with a branch …
Before Colomba Pasquale ("Dove bread") became the hero on all Italian Easter tables, Cavagnetti were the traditional Easter pastries of the Italian Riviera. The name derives from the genoese dialect word “cavagna”, meaning baskets. Indeed …
Braised chicken from the Italian Riviera traditional cuisine is one of the most cooked recipe during my cooking classes. Many people love and cook chicken in their Countries and it's a very easy recipe which …
In Italy March 19th is St. Joseph day and it is our Father's day. We celebrate this occasion - since ever - cooking fritters and in particular sweet St. Joseph fritters. Actually here in …
Potato focaccia is the first thing I decided to bake since we were lockdown at home due to this damned Coronavirus. It is a soft spongy bread, something as soft soft as a pillow where …
The recipe for Ligurian stockfish stew "stoccafisso accomodato" has been in my pen for some time and was just waiting for a good opportunity to get out. This came with Peter and Concetta, a happy retired …
The end of the year in our family is a food and love marathon. We all look forward to it and yet it passes by so quickly when it is happening. We start celebrating (and …
I've never imagined that cooking a roasted turkey would be such a great pleasure. Now I understand why most of the cooking books, especially those of the past times when people had more time to …
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 on what the Genoese folks …
Gobeletti, the traditional Italian Riviera pastries, are my sweet recipe of this approaching Christmas. A home made, elegant dessert and an easy way to cuddle your family. Why I chose this recipe? In my granny’s house, …
Ratatuia always had the flavor of summer to me. I remember my grandmother who every year, in summer, had to deal with overflowing boxes of vegetables that the farmer used to bring her from …