The big challenge of the monovariety oils of Olitalia
Recently also a well renowned producer marketed a series of extra virgin olive oils created to make the best of some of the most famous oil varieties. Nice bottles with top quality content
Pumpkin, sage and almond candy
A recipe by the chef Valentino Bontempi, one of the most appreciated interpreters on Italian cuisine in Russia. He works at the restaurant Bontempi in Moscow
Some herbal agents could prevent sunburn
Golden serpent fern and Asian ginseng, when taken orally, may reduce the local and systemic negative effects of UV light exposure
Anchovy cookies
A recipe by Valentino Bontempi, chef at the Bontempi Italian Restaurant in Moscow, for a bit of Italian cuisine in your summer 2012
An Arpagone for a pure Sangiovese
The power of culture. The vineyard Prato al Pozzo of Francesca Quiriconi in Cinignano, Italy, exploits a character from Moliere for a Montecucco doc
The yellow gold of Vetrere on the summer tables
Apulia is at the top of quality for oils and olive trees. The sisters Anna Maria and Francesca Bruni present an extra virgin olive oil that merges the Ogliarola Salentina and the Cellina di Nardò varieties with the Frantoio, Leccino and Nocellare del Belice cultivars
Onion's soul
Even an onion has got a soul. And if you don’t believe so, read these beautiful words that Mrs. Erica Jong - american novelist, poet and essayist - wrote in her book Fruit and Vegetables
Smell is a suave, elusive, sensual sense
Hans Schnier, protagonist of one of Heinrich Böll’s novels, used to smell perfumes, aromas and scents, a mix of absolutely intangible fragrances, impossible to transmit and to distinguish even in presence of the source itself
Feuerbach, mixed salad, eroticism and sex
Fruit and vegetables deserve devotion and admiration, and they have always inspired artists, scholars and even scientists. Every fruit of nature is a nature masterpiece in miniature, unique for form, size and color
An easy recipe for a funny appetizer
You need only few minutes to prepare this taste onion brie. The flavour of cheese mixed with caramelized onion and caraway is delicious
The elegance of the spicy red
The Chianti Classico Riserva Ducale Oro Ruffino's 2006 arrest for his notes of tobacco, cinnamon, chocolate and black pepper. a surprise
Volubilia, a Moroccan olive oil by Picholine variety
This extra virgin is producted on the slopes of Mount Atlas, by Christophe Gribelin in Meknes. A surprising North Africa
More than five hundreds old trees for olive oil Gianecchia
Ten kilometers from the Adriatic an extra virgin "Colline di Brindisi", which expresses the characteristics of the area thanks to the typical fruity of the Ogliarola cultivar
To celebrate together the holidays, nothing beats a Cartizze
There is a particularly precious hillside area in Valdobbiadene (Italy) called Cartizze. From the mid 18th Century a family spent whole lifes growing grapes and to produce this supreme Prosecco
Christmas tree with coffee
Eating the Christmas tree will be a playful event with your children and it is a tasty snack for the afternoon of holidays
A hymn to the olive trees of the Garda Lake
In Italy, around the lake greatly praised by Goethe, there is an evocative and charming rural landscape. Even the poet and man of action Gabriele d’Annunzio, on the Italian masters of the twentieth century, eulogized it
The fried beans
A simple and appetizing recipe: dry fried beans. This is a specialty from Puglia, southern Italy