Crescia sfogliata is a flaky, slightly addictive flatbread from the town of Urbino in Le Marche. The recipe dates back to medieval times. Crescia sfogliata are related to neighbouring Romagna’s piadina (a flatbread) and are a variation on the paratha from India and the shou zhua bing from China. Eating one for the first time is…
If you love Tuscany and Umbria then you will certainly love Le Marche.
As we enter Le Marche from Romagna, there continues to be hilltop towns, some with forts and the patchwork of green gives way to yellow. We pass field after field of sunflowers interspersed with vineyards and olive groves. My previous post was on Le Marche‘s coastline but similar to Tuscany and Umbria, the region also has historic towns…
Why visit Le Marche?
Having never been a fan for the often underwhelming Italian beaches on the Adriatic side, I was not excited about our trip down the coastline of Le Marche along the Riviera di Conero. I started to cheer up as we passed several metal food trucks selling porchetta (roast suckling pig) along the coast. While it…
