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Piacere - Food & Travel without rules!
http://turosdolci.wordpress.com
I search for the backstreets and local travel destinations.I like to learn about the local meanings of festivals and food. Mine is a search for small local restaurants and recipes that represent the homecooked meals that are not typically on every restaurants menu.
- Added on: Sep 28th, 2009
- Country: Switzerland
- Language: English
- Author: turosdolci
- Listed in: Recipes Destinations
- Tags: travel hotels food Wine restaurants Festivals
Recent Posts
Italian recipes for a Holiday Gift & Brocante con Mandorle
I have written several posts in the recent weeks with recipes that make great gifts. Giving something you have spent your time and effort on is always a great way to show people the importants of their friendship. During the holidays I prepare severa...
An Italian Christmas Tradition and Pizzette for dessert
My grandmother would make biscotti for days before Christmas and hide them in an armoire in her front hall under lock and key. If she allowed any of us to get close to them, they would have disappeared long before Christmas. But if we asked her nice...
Funghi Porcini
It is quite amazing how people swam around vendor stands in the markets in Italy when funghi porcini are in season. The king of mushrooms are as impressive as they are delicious. They are tossed with pasta, cooked in risotto, are simply delicious gri...
Traditional Holiday cookie, Cartellate/Cluster are filled with honey, nuts & spices
You ask, what could be more decadent, and I say absolutely nothing. Cartellate are traditionally made during Christmas. They are traditional Pulgiese fried pastries, filled with roasted almonds, honey, spices and chocolate. Apulia is a peninsula that...
Lemoncello: Sorrento’s Liquid Gold
In Italy there are many alcoholic drinks that are favorites as a digestive. To name a few are Grappa, Moscato, Vino Santo and Prosecco for example. But Limoncello has become one of the world’s favorites in recent years. Although it was well know...
A recipe from Gargano; Calzone con Cipolla
Some time ago just after I completed a private Italian language program in Bologna, I took a cooking class from a master chef in Puglia Italy. It was a wonderful personal experience to learn some of the recipes of the region and to use my newfound k...
