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Summer and holiday are not over yet: all food events not to be missed!
During summer time, people love being outdoors so there are lots of food and wine festivals all around the area. And summer and holidays are not over yet! Food and travel go hand-in-hand… and the best way to truly understand a new place is to...
The Croxetti tradition and recipe from Varese Ligure
If you travel to Italy because you are a pasta lover, you definitely owe a visit to Varese Ligure in Val di Vara to admire the art of making Croxetti, beautiful hand made pasta from Liguria Pasta is a must eat when visiting Italy, a culinary...
The Pesto Sauce: a serious matter, intangible cultural heritage of humanity
This week, Liguria unfolds a long green carpet, stretching all along the Riviera, to promote the Pesto Sauce as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity A green masterpiece, a joy for the eyes and the watering mouth, green gold that grows in your hands when...
Panigacci and Testaroli: meanings and differences
Many food specialties in La Spezia area come from the inland. Two of them are Panigacci and Testaroli, with similar dough and slight differences in preparation and traditions. “But what is the difference between panigacci and testaroli?” You ight wonder while you stay and try...
The true recipe of the stuffed mussels
Stuffed mussels, two different recipes for a traditional dish of La Spezia. How about every tradition worthy of respect, even on stuffed mussels (traditional food of La Spezia) there is a bitter confrontation. n detail, it is discussed on one thing: the mortadella ham is...
Rice cake sweet or savory? No, it’s stupid!
A very typical La Spezia’s local food is the torta di riso – the rice cake, in two, or even three possible versions. If you look at it from Liguria, the rice cake is that savory one; if you come from Carrara it’s sweet (although...
Sarzana Doc wine festival
Two days of wine in the streets of Sarzana DOC: 20 wineries showcasing their products. In the restaurants special menus for the occasion Friday, June 24 and Saturday 25 will two days enogastronomy in Sarzana : the sixth edition of the Sarzana Doc Festival will...
3 reasons why the Ligurian cuisine is not a poor one
Measured in condiments and mild in flavor, the Ligurian cuisine is called “cucina povera” by those who misunderstands it, because poverty is actually its wealth. The beauty of Italy is also made by what it can put on the table: there is no Italian region...
Emanuele Albano, the man who looked for mussels and found the "Muscoli"
Mussles of La Spezia are a mainstay of local cooking: excellence of the territory, are a real pride for locals. Along the Gulf of Poets nobody calls them “cozze”, – name for mussles in Italy – but who knows how called them Emanuele Albano from...
