Archive for April, 2007

Ascoli Piceno: culture and “ Italian-style mixed fry ”

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Today we are taking the opportunity to bring to your attention a food-and-wine activity that comes from Marches, called “Italian-style mixed fry” because we want to talk to you about the town Ascoli Piceno and its environs. Ascoli is a border province, where the sober Apennine landscape alternates with the sea landscape of the Adriatic […]

Symbolism in Ferrara

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

Today we would like to mention to you the interesting art exhibition that has been organized in Ferrara in the magnificent setting offered by the Diamanti Palace. The exhibition is dedicated to Symbolism and it is open to the public from 18th February to 20th May 2007, to enchant both your eyes and your heart. […]

A gold dust with a unique taste: the bottarga

Thursday, April 12th, 2007

Today we want to talk to you about the bottarga, a delicacy given to us by the sea and aknowledged by man, who was able to recognize and work it, starting from the first matter which this product comes from: the mullet’s eggs.
In fact, the bottarga is essentially made of thousands of eggs produced by […]

The Umbrian Rocciata: a sweet that dates back to the Middle Ages

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

The sweet tradition from Umbria is bound to the medieval period. This tradition involves above all the filled and spiced sweets, as the different kinds of Panpepato (panpepato is a sweet made with bitter cocoa, plain chocolate, walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, pine-seeds, raisins, honey, pepper and flour).
In particular today we would like to stop for a […]