The Comfort of Italian Home Cooking
My grandpa refuses to have roasted chicken without roasted potatoes. Not only that, he is also very picky about how he likes his potatoes and sometimes he wants to be surprised. Because, I’m quoting, “who wants to always eat the same potatoes, right?” Right! So, if you were me, what […]
This 2-ingredient homemade pasta recipe is easy to make and probably the most famous Italian dish, among them all. Traditionally fresh pasta is associated with the region Emilia Romagna, and sfogline are called the women who roll the fresh pasta strictly by hand, using just a rolling pin. Being a […]
The Italian name for beef stew with red wine is “spezzatino” o “stufato”, which comes from the name “stufa”, the wood burning cook stove that many in the north of Italy still have in their house. The winter is actually pretty tough in the north, so the wood burning stove […]
Did you ever heard the Italian expression “gnocchi on Thursday”? Yes, traditionally gnocchi are served on Thursday in Italy. Now you are probably thinking that that it sounds odd, or at least a bit funny. Why Thursday and not Tuesday, or Wednesday? Well, tradition has always its reasons, or at […]