Ciao a tutti! Pasta, bread and traditional risottos are not the only staples you will find in Italy! Especially northern Italy, where polenta, a corn based dish, is a common food in many of the households. Polenta is corn meal added with water, salt and some olive oil. Regions where you will commonly find polenta […]
Ciao a tutti! The wonders of saffron! It is famous in Italy mostly for being used in dishes such as risotto or even sometimes in sweet treats. Not only does it add a wonderful flavor to the rice, but saffron has other qualities one may not know about! Did you also know it takes about […]
Panettone is a traditional soft cake dessert in the region of Milan, Lombardy, but can be found everywhere around Italy during the Christmas holidays. It is the big holiday treat that everyone wants! You will notice it by its large, sweet, bread like appearance. There is Panettone with raisins, without raisins, chocolate, vanilla, powdered sugar, […]