chestnuts

Martino’s chestnut bread and a story to tell.

27 October 2017

You should know that few months after the opening of my blog I started offering Italian Riviera cooking classes to tourists visiting Genoa. The answer was immediate as well as surprising. Despite the beginning crowded of doubts and anxieties – […]

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Bread & Co. / Ligurian recipes / Recipes

Short story of trofie and the recipe of chestnuts trofie

10 July 2017

The story of trofie (or troffie or trofiette) speaks of women seated at the kitchen table rhythmically modelling, one by one, with a swift and expert gesture of the palm of their hands, hundreds of little twists of […]

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Ligurian recipes / Pasta and soups / Recipes / Senza categoria

My perfect chestnuts cake (gluten free and low fat too)

28 January 2017

I was working on a post on dried chestnuts of Bormida Valley a Slow Food presidia of the Italian Riviera (coming soon, its a kinda small reportage) and I thought that in addition to the charm history behind this ancient […]

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Desserts / Gluten-free recipes / Recipes

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