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flowery iced tea
A glass of flowery iced tea on a summer afternoon
While scribbling notes that will become to-do lists, drafts of recipes, or thoughts that I "park" on paper ready for take-off like in a hangar, I reach out a distracted hand towards the glass of iced tea. The cool liquid trickles down my throat, generating a flood of memories. So pleasant that I put my pen…
20 July 2021
Tuna meatloaf recipe
Tuna meatloaf of Bologna: a typical home recipe
The recipe for tuna meatloaf Bolognese may seem strange. After all, Bologna is not a seaside city. To understand the origin of this recipe, we have to go back to when Bologna had canals and a port (where the Porto district is today) that was navigable and accessible from the sea. By ship from Bologna, one could…
15 July 2021
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata: a traditional Italian peasant recipe
Chickpea farinata is a type of thin, unleavened bread. I love everything about this vegetarian and gluten-free recipe: the simplicity of preparation, the smell, the taste. Chickpea Farinata. This is a traditional peasant recipe, based on water and flour, and typical of areas where chickpeas are grown. Chickpeas are used to make yellow flour with a…
25 May 2021
Passatelli ricetta
Passatelli in broth. Home recipe
Passatelli is a traditional recipe of Romagna that, like me, has been adopted by Bologna. Although passatelli are very popular in Bologna, they originate in Romagna. Even at my home, albeit on the border between Emilia and Romagna,  tortellini,  not cappelletti, was the dish of Christmas lunch, and passatelli was the dish of Sundays and other…
14 May 2021
Chicken In A Pot
Chicken In A Pot And Sunday Lunch In Season
Chicken in a pot, with or without peppers, was the substitute for roast chicken when the weather got too hot to light the oven. Its flavor and texture recalls roast chicken, which is just as juicy and tender. Sunday lunch. Much more than we do today, some foods were once reserved for the festive table. So Sunday…
30 April 2021
Lentil And Borlotti Bean Ragù For Dressing Pasta
Lentil And Borlotti Bean Ragù For Dressing Pasta
The word ragù refers to a sauce, usually of minced meat mixed with vegetables, stewed at a low temperature for many hours. The recipe has French origins and began to circulate during the Renaissance as an accompaniment to other dishes. But it has been in Italy that the French ragôut went from being almost a side dish…
20 February 2021
Fave dei Morti Cookies
Fave dei Morti cookies for Halloween. Italian tradition
Fave dei Morti cookies are typical of All Saints' Day. And when I was little, I didn't like them. Cemeteries, family, and biscuits. What I did enjoy was the traditional cemetery tours and visits to relatives we never saw. The tradition of the annual visit to the loved ones’ graves is almost lost. When I was a child,…
28 October 2020
Basil Pea Purée
Basil Pea Purée. Super quick-to-make side recipe
At home the sides are very much appreciated. We like to eat vegetables and, often, our meal, especially in the evening, consists of a couple of side dishes or a salad with a slice of good bread. Some side dishes take time, others are prepared in a short time. This one is ready in 15 minutes and besides…
12 October 2020
Rice casserole with potatoes and mushrooms
Rice casserole with potatoes and mushrooms. Pure comfort food
When I think about comfort food, firstly, I guess steaming dishes like this rice casserole with potato and mushrooms, a revisitation of a famous Italian dish from the South, rice, potato, and mussels  tiella. But what exactly does comfort food mean anyway? However, I suppose it changes for each of us, above all today, with…
2 October 2020
Raw zucchini salad with aragula and lentils
What's your favorite salad? The zucchini salad combines summer flavors with lentils which, in Italy, are usually associated with winter and, for this reason, remain forgotten in the pantry for months (what a shame!). I hope you will try it, I enjoyed developing this recipe and even more eating it. Salad is a recipe. The Italian food…
25 August 2020

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