7000 Types of Apples
Did you know? There are over 7000 varieties of apples in the world. Not just the 4 that most of us are familiar with. Yellow. Red. Green. Granny Smith. If you’re like us and want to say things like – “I much prefer a Jeronime apple to a Roat King.” then start by taking a […]
Preserving Cherries – Summer Fruit in Winter
Remember all those delicious cherries from this summer? Ah, how can you forget. Well they are making a comeback! When the summer season is over, I am usually left with sad memories of how Italian small-scale farmers sometimes throw crates of cherries away because they just can’t sell or use them all. And how I […]
Mozzarella Tour | Agro Pontina
Want to know the difference between buffalo mozzarella & fiordilatte mozzarella? If you’ve got a spare day to spend on a drive outside of Rome, we can help you discover the “Two Mozzarellas of the Agro Pontino area”. About this edible journey: On this edible journey we’ll be taking you out of Rome to the […]
Interview with Italian Chef Sara Mercaldi
We asked Sara Mercaldi, an Italian chef specializing in regional Apulian cuisine, a few questions about her work. And she was more than happy to answer. This farm-to-table chef grows her own food, cooks it and even invents new recipes using all local ingredients. Where did you learn to cook? I learned to cook from […]
Farm-to-Table Puglia Chef Sara!
Farm-to-Table Chef Sara Out in Her Fields! 34 year old Chef Sara Mercaldi not only dishes out Apulian classics such as orecchiete con le cime di rape (orechiette pasta with bitter greens) and calamarata cozze & fiori di zucca (calamarata pasta with mussels & zucchini flowers) but she goes beyond what she’s learned from 2 […]
How to Make Bucatini all’Amatriciana | Video
We got a peak inside the kitchen of a pretty amazing Bucatini all’Amatriciana chef – a farmer’s wife! And here is what we saw…
Italian Christmas Lunch: (castrated) Capon
You may be prepping your Christmas turkey for this season’s holiday feast, but did you know that some of your European counterparts savor the tender bird known as cappone (English: capon). The wholesome goodness of this young tender fowl dates as far back as ancient Greek times & finds its feathery bearing on ancient Roman […]
What does PAT certified mean?
Here is a brief explanation of what PAT certified labels mean in Italy. It’s probably a good idea to read what a DOP certified and IGP certified product is so you can compare! “Prodotti Alimentari Tradizionali”, abbreviated to PAT, is the Italian version of the pan European PGI or IGP scheme of quality certification for […]
Antinori Chianti Winery in Tuscany
Wine Dynasty of the World – you must have heard of them! Wow! We just got a glimpse into the “future of wine” in Tuscany. Today we met with the producers of the Antinori Winery at Bargino in Chianti & all our preconceptions of old school wine-making traditions have just flown out the window. The […]
A 2014 Italian Olive Oil Harvest to Forget
This year has been one of the worst olive harvests in living memory to happen in the Italian heartlands of olive oil – Tuscan and Umbria included, which has caused the production of locally farmed extra virgin olive oils to drop sharply. In this article we’ll find out what has been happening and why. Italy’s […]