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Pollo alla cacciatore, or Hunter’s Chicken, is a traditional hearty dish we all think we know well, made with tomatoes and heavily seasoned, cooked slowly in the oven for happy eating on a cold wet day. Not so in Rome! […]

From deep-dish Chicago-style pizza to mamma’s beloved Spaghetti Meatballs, Italian-American food is a staple on tables up and down the US. But have you ever asked yourself whether an Italian would recognize Italian-American food as part of their own globally-adored […]

Fava beans are the main event of any Primo Maggio picnic. But for something more plentiful to serve your friends and family, we suggest an artichoke frittata: frittata di carciofi. Rome’s love-affair with artichokes (carciofi) is well-known, and by the […]

Limoncello is a refreshing liquor made from… guess what? Made from lemon! (and also water, sugar, and alcohol). It is used as an after-dinner digestive and is appreciated after any kind of meals. It also happens to be the second most popular liquor in Italy, […]

If you’re looking for a quick, delicious Mediterranean-style lunch, you can’t go wrong with eggplant rolls, or ‘involtini di melanzane‘ as they’re known in Italian. Their diversity makes them ideal for using up any leftovers you may have, and our […]

About  2 years ago I flew to Catania from Rome to visit some of my Sicilian friends. One of the first things I did was to stop in a bar and have an arancino. The one I picked was filled with ragu sauce. I […]

Rome’s artichokes are world-famous and very popular in the Roman cuisine. Unlike other artichokes, they are round and soft, and more importantly they have no spines. Thanks to this, they are entirely edible and this is why they are the […]

Eggplants – or “aubergines” if you are British and “Melanzane” if you are Italian – have a really interesting history in Italy. This vegetable, which has Chinese origins, was imported to Italy by the Arabs. In the Middle Age, in Italy we […]

Of all the food fights to be at the center of, few could be sweeter than Gelato vs. Ice Cream. Gelato delights every visitor in Italy, giving them a sweet, authentic taste of La Dolce Vita. For most, it’s just another […]

Italy loves bitterness– think of bitter oranges, campari, cicoria or olives. All ingredients produced in Italy and loved by Italians. Chicories are celebrated in Italy for their sharp bitterness. In Rome, wild green dandelion leaves grown in abundance and cicoria ripassata (cooked with oil […]