My favourite posts this week from the Italy bloggers (in alphabetical order):
- Algio, Olio & Pepperoncino: Baldino (aka Castagnaccio)
A dessert from the Apennine region
- Agriturismo Verdita: February
Love the contrast
- Creative Structures: Italian vs Italian American
It’s complicated
- Espresso Break: San Lorenzo Maggiore
The alternative underground experience in Naples
- Life in Abruzzo: The real stats & facts of the Guardian’s “Poor Abruzzo”
More about those stats
- Little Paradiso: These are a few of my favorite things
Around Monterosso in the Cinque Terre
- Living Venice: Whack
So what’s a battipali?
- Path to Self Sufficiency: Wild Food of the Month – February
Cooking with primroses
- Pets in Italy: Dogged Determination
Because we all need a feel-good story
- Venice Daily Photo: Bacino Orseolo
Where the gondolas park.
Carmelita, who has been running a cooking school in Bologna for over ten years, has started a blog, cookitaly, to share her expertise. Her food is based on authentic Italian cookery, although Carmelita often adds a little twist of her own. The cookitaly blog is relatively new, but you can already find fantastic recipes such chocolate sauce for Roman oxtail, pomegranate braised rooster, and especially for Valentine’s Day, Hearts upon Hearts (heart shaped polenta crostini, topped with fried fresh artichoke hearts, on white cream cheese, surrounded by two very red Mediterranean shrimp).
The teacher in Carmelita is apparent in every recipe – she gives detailed instructions on preparation and cooking, making it incredibly easy for even the inexperienced cook to produce a perfect dish. And if the reviews of her cookery classes are anything to go by, you’ll be signing up for one before you know it!
You can also find Carmelita on twitter and Facebook.
News links for Italy: 25 – 31 January 2010
My favourite posts this week from the Italy bloggers (in alphabetical order):
- Bella Vita in Liguria: Little fish, big meal!
‘Bianchetti’ recipes and photos – enough to make anyone hungry
- Bleeding Espresso: Heating a house in Italy – welcome to our new stufa
Why everyone with a house in Italy loves a wood-burning stove
- Ciao Amalfi!: Winter afternoons in Ravello
The advantages of visiting Ravello in the winter
- Coffee-stained Clarity: Fireworks
We all know how it feels
- Comings and Goings at The Hideaway: I’ve heard of Chicken in a Basket …
How did you get that photo?
Italofile: Volunteer Vacations in Italy
Making a difference during your break in Italy- A Mass of Odds and Ends: Hot chocolate and chilli peppers
Just what is needed to ward off the cold weather
- Olio di Oliva e Sogni di Vino: A trip to Volterra
Beautiful photos of a winter day in this Tuscan town
- Vita Lenta nel Bel Paese: Kitchen Loving
The most important room in the house
- When in Rome Tours: 10 Vacation-busters for Rome
Just to remind you of what not to do in Rome.
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