Francesca Fiore

[caption id="attachment_134931" align="alignnone" width=""]Ravioli di tumminia, Pastificio Pastando, Palermo[/caption] Tumminia, Russello, Senatore Cappelli. These are only a few of the ancient grains used for making bread and pasta in Sicily. Today they are living a true Renaissance. As part of...

The third instalment of the series on Italian pasta makers takes us to Genova, a city with a long history of artisanal fresh pasta. Specialties range from classic, like trofie, corzetti and battolli; or venture in pastas filled with fish,...

[caption id="attachment_133580" align="alignnone" width=""]Orecchiette[/caption] The second installment of the series on Italy’s best fresh pasta makers takes us to Bari. In this Mediterranean city of Apulia we find many local specialties. Here are 5 small businesses – mostly all family-run...

[caption id="attachment_133264" align="alignnone" width=""]formaggi italiani dop[/caption] An unusual map of Italian cheeses of which products are most loved outside of the country, and where they are mostly imported to. The study conducted by Assolatte is an indicator of how foreign...

[caption id="attachment_133247" align="alignnone" width=""]Tabgliatelle[/caption] With this story we initiate a new series that features the best homemade pasta producers in Italy. Visiting various cities, we will explore the best artisans that produce their own homemade tagliatelle, tortelli and ravioli, and...

Surrounded by hills of olives and cedars, interwoven with large cultivated fields and brilliantly-hued flowers, San Remo is set into the beautiful Riviera di Ponente. A town of 57,000 inhabitants in the province of Imperia, it is one of Italy's...

[caption id="attachment_132660" align="alignnone" width=""]sfinci palermitane[/caption] Carnevale means freedom, joy and wantonness. These are Christian traditions that draw from Dionysian rituals and Roman Saturnalia. In Sicily Carnevale is serious business, celebrated with beautiful costume parades and events that last a number...

[caption id="attachment_132425" align="alignnone" width=""]gruppo di amici a tavola[/caption] Behaviours change from person to person, especially so at the dinner table. The relationship with food is both personal – since we choose foods based on individual tastes and preferences – and...

Belonging to the Italian chain by Farinetti, Eataly Trieste, is dedicated to wind and housed in a unique location: 3K square metres on 3 levels, 7 venues among restaurants, wine bars, enoteca and gelateria. Housed in the Antico Magazzino Vini,...

[caption id="attachment_129522" align="alignnone" width=""]Cortina D'Ampezzo[/caption] An area that doesn’t need much of an introduction, and certainly offers up way more than snowy peaks and ski slopes. In our mountain series, here are the best places to eat and drink –...