Italiano
Sugar and Tomato Sauce
There's a trick that every Italian grandmother knows: add a teaspoon of sugar to tomato sauce, so that it doesn't have an aftertaste to...
24
May
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23
May
Laughter, laughter, mom made gnocchi for supper!
There is an old Italian saying which reads: "Ridi ridi, che la mamma ha fatto gli gnocchi!".
My attempt at a translation would be:
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22
May
Bruschetta and Mediterranean Diet
A food which, despite its extreme simplicity, is depicted in the Mediterranean Diet is Bruschetta*.
*Its correct pronunciation in It...
16
May
Vegan names
The nomenclature of vegan dishes often recalls their meat-based "ancestors": vegan lasagna, vegan cheese, vegan egg salad etc...
And...
12
May
One panino, two panini
It is known that, in the English language, there are numerous Italian loanwords in the context of cooking.
Not only to indicate prop...
11
May
The best cities for traditional food
And here's another ranking published by the useful and interesting site TasteAtlas.
This time users were invited to vote for the cit...
05
May
Chef’s hat
It is interesting how the universally recognized symbol to indicate the Chef is neither a plate of steaming food, nor pots or pans, nor...
04
May
The poor Alfredo
Some different types of Italian pasta.
Quite a nice map, right?
It was made by the fantastic and very useful Website TasteAtlas.
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27
Apr
Umami’s in town
Not many, at least in Western countries, know the 5 basic tastes.
In fact, if you ask someone which is the fifth of these (besides s...
26
Apr
Pizza’s etiquette
Is it correct, according to etiquette, to eat pizza with your fingers?
Or should fork and knife be used?
Obviously, we are talking ...
