After a very long time that the Ecco Le Marche team hadn’t gathered together, in May we finally met at Elke’s place aka Casa Bambù, and it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon! It was so special because Nonna Franca and Mamma Graziella were also there: the team was Read more…
Easter 2021 (well, also Easter 2020) is nothing but usual for us, in Le Marche. In fact, we usually go out and enjoy very big meals (that last between 3 and 4 hours) in restaurants or with our families on Easter Sunday. This year we are forced to celebrate at Read more…
Crema is custard in English, and cremini can be translated as “fried custard”. Nononono don’t leave this post just yet, I haven’t turned crazy! This is really something that we are very prouf of, in Le Marche! I can’t wait to read Isabelle’s and Elke’s opinions, though, because I know Read more…
If you ask any Marchigians what they are having as primo (first course) on Christmas day, the answer can only be the one and only CAPPELLETTI. I think we must have signed a secret pact at birth, saying that there will be no Christmas holidays with at least one meal Read more…
It’s been a while that we haven’t cooked together with Mamma Graziella. Now the time has finally come and the occasion is special: it’s Mamma Graziella’s birthday! What better way to celebrate it than baking the traditional birthday cake of Le Marche? When I talked about this cake to Elke Read more…
In almost every market in Le Marche there is a stall selling stockfish and baccalà. I am not very fond of the stockfish (and I even spent 2 years and a half in Norway!) but it is a real regional specialty here. Even though…all the fish comes from the Scandinavian Read more…