Italiano
Better Call Slow (Dried)
A countertrend has arisen among food consumers as a response to the foodservice automation process, day after day required to optimize ...
09
Dec
Tag Archives: pasta
24
Sep
Two tricks for “figuring out” pasta
Hey Pasta Lovers!
Fancy two quick and simple tricks to test the quality of dried pasta?
1) Check the colour!
This must be a homogene...
11
Mar
Ravioli and Polygenesis
By polygenesis we mean a phenomenon that was not born from a single cause, but rather evolved as several lineages independent of one an...
29
Sep
Assassin’s Spaghetti!
We all know how to cook spaghetti, right?
You put the water in the pan and start heating it and...
You know what? Not all recipes s...
31
May
Speaking Macaronic
Hey you, can you speak Macaronic?
Ok, let's be more precise here: there is no such an idiom.
However, there is the expression mac...
25
May
Al dente is better!
How do you like your pasta cooked?
Ok, tastes are subjective, of course. Still...
Al dente has objective advantages. Just be carefu...
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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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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14
Mar
We owe our fork to Spaghetti!
Spaghetti was a great invention (no, Marco Polo has nothing to do with it!).
On the other hand, there's an invention that we owe to sp...
19
Dec
That old custom of “Scarpetta”
In the Italian culinary tradition there is a "practice" which, although consolidated, is still considered not in keeping with etiquette...
