In summertime we celebrate tomatoes, and Panzanella
Which tomato should we choose for our cooking? Nowadays you can find different varieties of tomatoes in the markets: from Pachino to Ciliegino, from Piennolo
Vanni Cicetti
Vanni has turned his hobby into work. He has always been in the restaurant business starting from the bar and becoming head barman of the Aibes - Italian Barmen Association and Supporters. He then moved on to catering courses on wine and then cooking. His great curiosity, combined with the desire to know and taste, has always led him to know and discover new things.
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by Vanni Cicetti
From Tuscany with fury, the cake with beaks
We are in Tuscany, precisely in Lucca where you can eat one of the traditional dishes: the cake with beaks, which are nothing more than
Fettuccine with wild boar sauce
An April and a May that still push me to light the fireplace and then I want 'winter dishes'. Observing the incredible number of wild
Pisarei: Beans and pasta Piacenza style
Today we are preparing a recipe from the Piacenza tradition, a poor dish that has its roots in medieval peasant culture.
Calamarata pasta with Sicilian broccoli, prawns and buffalo ricotta
There are some pasta shapes that evoke some regions or places, so you cannot think of calamarata or scialatielli without also thinking of Naples.
Vegan but traditional: strozzapreti pasta with gorgonzola
If you want to know which is the most unusual name given to a pasta, strozzapreti or strangulaprevete (which both means ‘strangles priests’) are at
Pizzoccheri with mussels, clams and friggitelli
Pizzoccheri with clams could be defined as the perfect example of a sea and mountains dish. If clams can only be found in
Rigatoni with crock fish, pesto and cherry tomatoes
A summer dish, fresh with very little cooking, we need crock fish or sea gurnards, Genoese pesto, some cherry tomatoes and chopped pistachios.
Donna Vittori Spaghetti with tomatoes, crunchy courgettes and buffalo mozzarella
Summer has arrived. And the solstice brought the magic of heat, and also of that sultriness that marks the change of season. The garden
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