When the temperature starts to plummet, getting closer and closer to freezing and the snowflakes start to fall, there is nothing more comforting than picking chestnuts and roasting them, or buying them from a street vendor.
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Tradition of panettone at Christmas: history and origins of the famous dessert
Panettone is an Italian dessert originally from Milan called panetton and pronounced panetũ in dialect. This dessert is typical of Christmas and New Year's in Western and Southern Europe but is famous all over the world.How is panettone made?
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Typical Christmas dishes
Christmas is one of the most beautiful holidays of the year, because it represents an opportunity to see friends and relatives and sit together at the same table. Such an important convivial occasion must obviously be honored with tasty dishes, and in this respect the Italian culinary tradition offers hundreds of recipes.
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Spices in the kitchen: how to use them well
There are so many spices in cooking that we might be dubious about their use. Well, better to enter this fantastic world with awareness and discover the various properties.
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The Mediterranean diet
The notion of Mediterranean diet was introduced in the 1950s, when the American nutritionist Ancel Keys observed how the population of the Mediterranean basin had a higher longevity and at the same time a lower predisposition towards various pathologies compared to the inhabitants of the United States.
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The typical dishes of the Campania region: not just pizza!
With a thousand-year history of domination and cultural contamination, Campania gastronomy fully expresses the creativity and identity of its people. From the Greeks to the Romans, from the Arab to the Spanish domination, passing through the peasant traditions of its hinterland, Campania gastronomy skilfully mixes ancient knowledge and traditions, giving life to a mix of perfumes, colors and flavors that contain the essence of the Mediterranean