Summer equals vacation, friends, simplicity, slowness. Instead of the usual dinner, an aperitif in the garden or on the terrace with chilly wine, perhaps sparkling, and a few good things to nibble. Children running around and …
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Ligurian recipes
A new post to tell you about my recent stay in the Italian Riviera Inland and to share with you the recipe of the amazing Torta Baciocca, the potato savory pie traditional of these places. …
Linguini with mussel ragù, a reviewed old recipe
11 July 2020
photo: Lucapuccio Last summer at a small restaurant on the beach of Bogliasco (tables straight on the beach, noise of the waves as background music and feet in the sand) a friend of mine, regular at …
Traditional Ligurian baked stuffed peaches
19 June 2020
Ligurian baked stuffed peaches are an ode to summer stone fruits. Yes, because all summer stone fruits (nectarine, peaches, apricots, cherries, plums) baked are excellent. Jams are the first evidence. So you have to work …
Turle: sheperds’ potato and cheese dumplings
8 May 2020
Turle are a typical first course of the so called “Cucina Bianca” literally White Cuisine. It is the traditional cuisine of the villages that rise on Monte Saccarello, in the Ligurian Maritime Alps close to …
Traditional Ligurian focaccia (indirect method)
27 April 2020
I miss some things of my recent past - the one before COVID to be clear - more than others. Mainly those small things that populated my daily life without making noise. For example, I miss …
Ligurian Palm Sunday donuts
2 April 2020
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 …
Cavagnetti, traditional Ligurian Easter pastries
30 March 2020
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 …
Italian Riviera braised chicken, so easy so tasty!
27 March 2020
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 …
St. Joseph sweet fritters: Grandma Lina’s recipe
16 March 2020
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, baking to stay tuned
14 March 2020
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 …
