Five Sicilian Pastas

Five Sicilian Pastas Pasta consumption and production is spread out throughout all of Italy, but there’s something magical about pasta in Sicily, from the shapes and their names to the sauces and all ingredients used to make the sauce: starting from the pachino...

Rome Food Guide

Rome Food Guide Rome is full of wonders and a great destination for a long weekend. Here is my curated selection of where to eat very, very well – without falling into any tourist traps. Settimio all’Arancio, Via dell’Arancio 50 A traditional Roman restaurant...

Spaghetti alla Chitarra

Spaghetti alla Chitarra (serves 4 | 45 minutes | medium) It isn’t common to find a gastronomic product whose name derives from the tool used to produce it, making Maccheroni alla Chitarra even more unique. Besides giving the pasta its shape & name, the...

Basil Pesto

Basil Pesto (serves 4 | 10 minutes | easy) Learning how to make pesto at home helped me survive university. The secret behind a good pesto is the quality and freshness of the basil. It’s hard to share exact ingredients as this sauce relies heavily on personal taste...

Pesto Trapanese

Pesto Trapanese (serves 4 | 10 minutes | easy) The iconic, almond based pesto from Trapani inspired by the Ligurian pesto. Trapani’s port used to be a very important stop for Ligurian sailors who were on their way back home from sea, who always had their pesto in tow....