Insights into the culinary delights of Italy.
"One of the best ways to experience Italy is through its incredible regional foods, each reflecting the unique culture and ingredients of its area. In the north, you'll find rich dishes like creamy risottos and hearty polenta, while central Italy is known for its pasta dishes such as the famous spaghetti alla carbonara from Rome. The south brings vibrant, sun-kissed flavors, including fresh seafood, Neapolitan pizza, and spicy Calabrian sausages. I can help arrange immersive culinary experiences, from food tours to local markets and family-run trattorias, ensuring you get an authentic taste of Italy’s diverse culinary landscape."
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With high-resolution images, a food dictionary and information on Italian coffee, pasta and salumi, this is the definitive guide to the regional foods of Italy.
With a food landscape that changes from region to region, there is always something new to try. But the really special thing is when you taste an old favorite that redefines how you think about the dish from then on.
Below you'll find a few recipes that perhaps deliver both: something entirely new and a new spin on a classic.
“Pasta Granny” Franca makes lasagna, which originally came the Emilia-Romagna of Italy. Runtime: 3 min.
Learn how to make 4 easy risotto recipes from scratch. Chef Gennaro Contaldo explains how to make risotto bianco—the base of all great risotti—and then turns them into three more nuanced dishes. Runtime: 13 min.
Chef Michael White shows how to make the quintessential Roman pasta dish, the sauce of which is made with egg, hard cheese (always with pecorino romano), guanciale (cured pork jowel) and black pepper. Runtime: 8 min.
Liguria's trademark sauce calls for seven ingredients, no more, no less: basil, extra virgin olive oil, pine nuts, Parmesan cheese, pecorino cheese, salt, and garlic. Travel to Genoa, where pesto was invented, to find out what makes each of the seven ingredients so distinct. Runtime: 15 min.
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