The Italian nonnas, the grannies, still know how to make the best pasta themselves, like our Nonna Franca, who shared her passatelli recipe with us for the blog. I was lucky enough to have my own Nonna Italia to show me how to prepare the perfect pasta and, although I Read more…
Today Elke is trying for us a delicious made-in-Le-Marche recipe: Maccheroni alla Rossini. Gioachino Rossini, one of the best-known opera composers whose pieces are now part of the standard repertoire of international opera houses, was born into a family of musicians in Pesaro in the Marche region in 1792. He Read more…
Usually when we say pasta in Italian we mean a whole world that may not seem so easy to understand to people not used to it. Pasta is not only the dried one, made from wheat, but also the “fresh” one, usually made with egg. This is what makes it Read more…
When I was a child there was one tradition of birthday parties that used to mark the threshold of the “not a child anymore”-like parties: the fact that you could not only enjoy the party for a whole afternoon but even stay over for dinner! It was a real accomplishment! Read more…