A widespread belief says that in June 1889 the Neapolitan chef Raffaele Esposito invented a dish called Pizza Margherita  in honor of the Queen of Italy, Margherita of ...

Tortelli d’erbette - i.e. Swiss chard ravioli - is perhaps the most typical dish of Emilia-Romagna, and it is always prepared for the most important festivities. It seems that tor...

It was 1882, Il Trovatore by Giuseppe Verdi was about to be staged at the Teatro Regio. In front of the theater, ladies in long dresses and gentlemen with top hats alighted from...

Perfect in Summer as in Winter, this dish can be a lovely starter or a light main course if you serve it with 2 or 3 slices of Pane Toscano (unsalted Tuscan bread). Ingre...

In the Early Middle Ages, between the fifth and the eleventh centuries, the Po Valley was covered with oak forests and swamps and it was crossed by rivers: an ideal environment fo...

It comes from Asia, but it has been grown in Italy for centuries. Initially introduced into Sicily by the Arabs, between the fourth and the fifth centuries, eggplant has since the...