Pappa al Pomodoro

Pappa al Pomodoro (serves 3 | 1.5 hours | easy) One of those recipes that brings a ray of light and feeling of summer in your life and palate. It’s also great because it requires using old, stale bread—you can finally put to good use all that bread in the back...

Roman Puntarelle Salad

Roman Puntarelle salad (serves 4 or 2 as a main | 20 minutes | easy) Puntarelle alla Romana are a wonderfully crunchy, salty dish with just the right amount of garlic. They’re (one of) my favorite winter salads and I really recommend trying this recipe, which I...

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....