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a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

The real reason I go skiing

January 26, 2016 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Tegole (hazelnut biscuits)

When I say I love skiing, what I really mean is that I love lunch while skiing. Anybody reading this in North America may be unable to relate to this statement. I grew up eating very expensive, dry, burnt hamburgers with frozen fingers before heading back down the piste. Then I came to Europe to… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: aosta valley, fontina, skiing, valle d'aosta

4 unmissable towns in Umbria…and what to eat

October 13, 2015 By wooweiduan 2 Comments

  Umbria has amazing light. The landscape is a patchwork of green, yellow and brown. The vineyards, fields of yellow sunflowers, hay bales dotting the plains, brick towers and cypress trees jutting towards the sky, white and yellow wildflowers line the country roads and fallow fields lie in between the shimmering olive groves, creating a stunning… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: assisi, gubbio, perugia, perugina, porchetta, recipe, roast suckling pig, todi, truffles, Umbria

If you love Tuscany and Umbria then you will certainly love Le Marche.

September 8, 2015 By wooweiduan 2 Comments

A street snack of olive ascolane (breaded and deep-fried local olives stuffed with meat) - a specialty of Ascoli Piceno

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… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: ascoli piceno, crescia, crescia sfogliata, fabriano, fermo, le marche, olive ascolane, urbino

Why visit Le Marche?

August 18, 2015 By wooweiduan 2 Comments

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… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: brodetto, conero, fano, il molo, le marche, loreto, marche, marches, monte conero, numana, portonovo, riviera, riviera del conero, sirolo, villa giulia

The secret delights of Romagna

August 11, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Hills of Romagna

Driving down towards the Adriatic Sea from Emilia, we enter Romagna and its vineyard-covered hills. We have officially left Emilia and entered Romagna. An obvious indication of this is the rudimentary signs for piadina places. These are informal countryside restaurants with large groups of family and friends sitting outdoors enjoying the local flatbreads, traditionally griddled on terracotta or… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: piadina, piadine, ravenna, romagna, san leo, san marino

Bologna: A food lover’s heaven

August 4, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Delicatessen window front

Bologna is a food lover’s idea of heaven. Piazza Maggiore is the heart of the city and ground zero for food sightseeing. Even Eataly (the Italian gourmet food emporium) has opened a branch on one of the major food streets leading off the east side of Piazza Maggiore (Via degli Orefici). Along the streets of… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: bologna, due torre, emilia, lasagne, lasagne alla bolognese, neptune's fountain, piazza maggiore, ragù alla bolognese, recipe, san petronio, tamburini, two towers

Why visit Milan Expo 2015?

July 28, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Milan Expo 2015

Having only been to Shanghai’s Expo previously and visiting the ghostly remains of previous expos in San Francisco, Montreal and London, I was not sure what to expect when we visited Milan’s Expo. Milan Expo is currently running from 1 May to 31 October this year. What drew me was the food-related theme, “Feeding the… 

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Filed Under: footer, Travel Tagged With: expo 2015, milan expo, milan expo 2015

What makes Parma ham (prosciutto di Parma) so special? And what is even better?

July 21, 2015 By wooweiduan 1 Comment

Prosciutto from Parma is the most famous cured ham in the world but what makes it so special? Also, do you know a very similar product to prosciutto di Parma (Parma ham) which is considered even more prized? Is it its historical importance? Prosciutto is an ancient food whose name means “dried” (from perexsuctum in Latin).  It has been… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: culatello, culatello di zibibbo, emilia, emilia-romagna, parma ham, prosciutto, prosciutto di parma

Why you should avoid “Parmesan” cheese? And what you should buy instead…

June 23, 2015 By wooweiduan 7 Comments

A wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (the real Parmesan)

Parmesan is one of the most famous cheeses in the world and is an ubiquitous presence on the table of any Italian restaurant. What is less known is that anything labeled “Parmesan” is not in fact Parmesan. In fact the name “Parmesan” is no longer permitted to be used within the European Union. What was… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: cheese, emilia, modena, parma, parmesan, parmgiano-reggiano

3 tips to choosing the best gelateria (Italian ice cream shop)

June 9, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Chocolate gelato

A good gelateria is difficult to select if you do not know what to look for. Here are 3 tips to finding which gelateria the locals frequent in Italy. This is still valuable advice if you have gelaterias where you live outside Italy.   Signs An artisan gelateria usually says “artiginale” which means “artisan”. It… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: frozen desserts, gelateria, gelato, ice cream, italy, travel

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