Food and Wine
Polenta is one of those Italian dishes that you either love or hate. Considered in the past as the poor people's staple diet it is nowadays… read more
Gala Placidia posted on
I love to cook, and whilst my italian is good enough for basic shopping does anyone out there know all the terms/names when shopping in the butchers… read more
clombardelli posted on
straight off the Repubblica website - a revolution in fast-food. Pasta that is cooked with the same speed as coffee from a special machine invented… read more
Ronald posted on
I like all sorts of food from all over the world; one special dish that I like is based on a tropical soffritto. I fry the chopped onion and… read more
Serge posted on
The base for many Italian sauces and dishes is the "soffritto" (sofrit in French, sofrito in Spanish), a mixture of some diced vegetables which… read more
Gala Placidia posted on
Hi everyone, this is a warm invitation to joint this group and discuss Italian food, wine, regional cooking, recipes, tips, cooking utensils,… read more
Gala Placidia posted on
Ok folks, I have not done a quiz question on this Community yet, so here's an easy peasy one for "Moxie's mini quiz for Abruzzo Just giving fund"… read more
DavidUno posted on
This weekend 30 and 31 st May sees the Italy wide opening of numerous cantinas with free food and wine tastings. In Marche there are 62 open. For… read more
Damiano posted on
What could be the common ingredient in each of these regional specialties? (Olive oil, tomatoes, salt, parsley, basil and garlic don't count!)… read more
elicat posted on