Chapter 16 – Valle d’Aosta Valle d’Aosta is the Italian smallest and least populous region, just one-eighth the size of neighboring Piedmont. It covers a mountainous corner of Italy’s far northwest, where the nation’s borders meet those of France and Switzerland. Despite the region’s small size and minimal fame, a wide range of both redContinue reading “Regional tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Aosta Valley”
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Regional Tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Puglia
Chapter 15th – Puglia and Salento To continue the footwear analogy that we involved last week when talking about Calabria, a symbology which is often used to illustrate Italy’s shape, Puglia runs from the very point of the heel to just below mid-calf height, where the ‘spur’ of the Gargano Peninsula juts out into theContinue reading “Regional Tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Puglia”
Regional virtual tour of Italy through food and wine – Lazio
Chapter 13th – Lazio, Rome and Castelli Romani Lazio is a region in central Italy and home to the ancient capital city of Rome, considered one of the most beautiful cities in the whole World. Wine wise, the region’s reputation is mainly based on its white wines, the mainstay grape varieties being Trebbiano, Malvasia diContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through food and wine – Lazio”
Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Le Marche
Chapter 12 – Marche region and Cupramontana Marche (or Le Marche) is a small region on the eastern side of central Italy. It is most associated with white wines from the Trebbiano and Verdicchio grape varieties. Its longer sides are formed by the Apennine Mountains in the west and the Adriatic Sea in the east.Continue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Le Marche”
Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Abruzzo
Chapter 10 – Abruzzo In this week’s episode of our regional tour of Italy through food and wine, me and Carlotta decided to explore one of the most powerful sides of our country’s gastronomic heritage: the popular cuisine. That kind of food where recipes are not written in fancy cookbooks but they are verbally passedContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy through Food and Wine – Abruzzo”
Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Sicily
Chapter 9: Sicily and Marsala region When I do close my eyes and think about Sicily I always get all those images from their beautiful sea landscape, the smell of food coming from the open windows of the small houses that populate the narrow streets in the center of their historical towns. Marsala is oneContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Sicily”
Regional virtual tour of Italy, through food and wine – Irpinia
Chapter 4 – Campania Do you know Calitri? What if I say Irpinia? When talking about Campania, we immediately figure in our mind the views from Positano, Capri, the Amalfi Coast and Naples, with its food culture. Naples is indeed the city of street food par excellence, I remember when I went there last time,Continue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy, through food and wine – Irpinia”
Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Siena
Chapter 3: Tuscany In this third episode of our Regional Tour of Italy, through Wine and Food we finally landed in Tuscany. Because, if Sardinia and Lombardy are our native regions, then Tuscany is the region that connects us. We both arrived here from different paths and decided to move at a certain point ofContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Siena”
Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Mamoiada
Chapter 1 – Sardinia Physical travel is becoming less of an option (again) so Carlotta (@LaPanzaPiena) and I thought we would take you on a trip of Italy – through food and wine obviously. Each week we’ll introduce you to a different region through one local dish paired with a regional wine, you’ll hopefully discoverContinue reading “Regional virtual tour of Italy, through Food and Wine – Mamoiada”
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