Pasta all’Amatriciana (Pasta in the Style of Amatrice) A well-known recipe, this one, a classic, is fortunately still being served in good Italian restaurants in the United States. Servings: 4 Prep: 25 mins Cook: 10 mins Total: 35 mins Ingredients 2 TBSP extra virgin olive oil [...]
Truffle Fries If you haven’t tried Truffle Fries, you are missing out! Many good restaurants are offering Truffle Fries as an appetizer to be enjoyed with an Aperitivo. Did someone say “Aperol Spritz”?! Servings: 4 Ingredients 3-4 large russet potatoes 4 TBSP extra virgin olive oil [...]
Pasta Fagioli Comfort food as much as it is nourishing and satisfying. The recipe has been slightly tweaked through the years but retains its rustic, homemade taste and makes a full pot of hearty soup. Serve with a sprinkle of grated parmesan cheese, a thick piece of fresh Italian bread (drizzled [...]
Fusilli Pinolati (Fusilli with Pine Nuts) Here’s an unusual sauce of ricotta cheese, spinach, roasted red pepper and pine nuts, which my cousin Franca prepared for me on a recent visit to Italy. It pleased me so much, not only because it was a delicious dish, but because is proved, once again, [...]
Whipped Ricotta With Lemon and Olive Oil Whipped Ricotta feels too good to be true. It’s just dairy transformed, but it’s sooo good! Servings: 2 Cups Ingredients 1/4 cup cream cheese, softened 2 cups whole-milk ricotta 2 tablespoons whole milk Coarse sea salt + fresh cracked [...]
Abruzzo -- ”The Greenest Region in Europe” A drive from Rome, heading east, begins to get interesting about an hour in when the terrain gets hilly, the land turns green and mountains become visible in the distance. Soon you are in Abruzzo, where the magnificent Apennine Mountains surround you and towns from the Medieval [...]
Repost of an article from Italia Sweet Italia Holidays All the travelers who have joined us during the years had the chance to visit beautiful places and took pictures of landscapes, food, people and everything that caught their attention. But there’s something even bigger that we always try to show during [...]
The Marsican brown bear is teetering on the brink of extinction — its numbers brought perilously low due to human interference. But rewilding and conservation initiatives in Italy’s Abruzzo National Park mean the animal’s numbers are finally on the rise. When Umberto Esposito was 14, he left his home in Pescasseroli to go for [...]
Abruzzo is an Italian region, east of Rome, with an Adriatic coastline and the Apennine Mountains. National parks and nature reserves cover much of its rugged interior. It also encompasses hilltop towns, dating to the medieval and Renaissance periods. Regional capital L’Aquila is a walled city, damaged in a 2009 earthquake. The Trabocchi [...]
Abruzzo is located in eastern Italy on the same height as Rome. Here you will find the highest peaks of the Apennines up to 3,000 m altitude. Although it is not a big wine area in hectares, a lot of wine is produced here. For a long time a lot of mass wine [...]
