Cook to Live Better / Cucinare per Vivere Meglio
The Pordenone Fair, “CUCINARE: Enogastronomy FAIR AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR FOOD” opens this year from March 22 to 25 and it seems like a good opportunity. Perhaps not everyone knows that the “Zanussi” (the brand REX) now, “Electrolux”, was the largest manufacturer of Italian Appliances, created to bring in the Italian […]
Finally, the hellebores are in bloom. The rain and the first warm sun have provided us with this beautiful flower and it has emerged from the dense foliage. For a few days I watched and tended to them and today, the first day of the month, I was able to […]
In the 70s, the San Lorenzo market in Florence was a real triumph of colors and scents. In the spring, it was characterized in a blaze of strawberries, beans pods, and violet and spiny artichokes. At that time I was a college student and lived not far from the San […]
In the Venice bakeries is easy to peek through the window and see these cookies placed neatly in clear plastic bags with satin bow. This belongs to an ancient tradition. It seems that these cookies were packed for the king of Venice during the Easter period. These cookies are called […]
When you purchase artichokes they should not have dark spots and you can recognize their freshness by touching them. They should be tight and the artichoke that should be firm. Soft tissues are more bitter and stringy.
Friday at the fish department of the grocery store I saw some beautiful mackerel with shiny skin with shades of silver blue diamonds. I decided to buy them. I wanted to cook them in a way that would make them easy to digest and so I thought of a recipe. […]
This month, the shortest of the year, celebrates very some special moments: carnival, the beginning of Lent, and the day of lovers. February comes from the Latin word “februare”, meaning to purify. In the kitchen, we could say that after the excesses of Christmas and the carnival this month we […]
Cabbage is an ingredient widely used in Eastern and Northern Europe. If you happen to go to Croatia or Slovenia in the winter, you will find it as an accompaniment to pork served as a cabbage strudel. Whenever I tried this dish I felt the desire to learn the recipe, […]
