Two Italian Flavours: Smoked Salmon and Cream Salmon pasta is probably the tastiest pasta. There, I said it. I will claim that creamy smoked salmon pasta will win over any hardened hearts, and if it doesn’t then there’s not much hope to enjoying any other delicious traditional Italian pasta. When I was backpacking around [...]
Pizza, pasta and that’s not all! Anyone who seriously loves food and is into travel and adventure needs to make a trip to Italy a priority! Italian culture has had a long and passionate love affair with the culinary arts and you can sense this in every corner of the country. From an excellent espresso [...]
How can you resist? Eggplant parmigiana is the dish to make for people who claim not to like eggplants. Soft, unctuous, bursting with classic Italian flavours, it is the kind of dish I like to make when I want something rich and comforting and don’t mind giving meat a miss. Something like a vegetarian lasagne, [...]
Pasta today and pizza tomorrow On days when I’m not making a homemade pizza (or ordering one in) but still feel like some home cooking and using elements that make pizza delicious, I usually turn to a tomato pasta recipe. I realise pizza is pizza and pasta is pasta but once you get a great [...]
Italian food needs something to wash it down After my recent post about dishes that go with pizza, I thought I better follow up with some classic beverages to enjoy with all your Italian food favourites from pizza to cannelloni to stuffed zucchini flowers. While pizza is most certainly my passion, I do love to [...]
How authentic is your pizza? Are you hosting authentic Italiani and trying not to appear too New World? Well rule numero uno is avoid pollo pizza. Italians would never use chicken as a pizza topping – and most Italians won’t be too shy to point out your mistake. Seafood is fine. Cheese and tomato is [...]
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