Amor Polenta: Polenta Cake

Amor polenta is a typical Lombard dessert. More precisely, the Varese pastry chef Carlo Zamberletti created this dessert in the 1930s to enhance local flavors...

30 May 2022

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by Ilaria Barisi

First Courses Fresh Pasta

Cod and chickpea ravioli

Giovanni Milana is a chef who works in a family restaurant in Olevano Romano, one of the best traditional restaurants in Italy. This recipe is...

23 May 2022

688
by Ilaria Barisi

Side dishes

Microwave cooked asparagus with egg sauce

In his writings, Apicius tried to explain, in a rather succinct way, how to cook asparagus: “… immerse them in boiling water top-up”. I have...

16 May 2022

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by Ilaria Barisi

Cookies Desserts

Soft chocolate cookies

A quick and delicious recipe. The first step is using the bain-marie to melt the chocolate. I discovered that this cooking system was invented by...

9 May 2022

610
by Ilaria Barisi

Beef, mutton and pork Second Courses

Roast beef

At the age of 18 I went to study English in Canterbury. All my meals were in the school’s “cellar” and there was never a...

2 May 2022

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by Ilaria Barisi

Cakes Desserts Spoon desserts

Roman-style truffle called Zuppa Inglese

The best Zuppa Inglese (literally English soup) I have ever eaten is at Cacciani, a restaurant in Frascati. A decadent treat with cake, liqueur, custard,...

24 April 2022