Eggs – Ale Gambini

April 7, 2017Antipasti Holidays & Celebrations

Torta Pasqualina (Ligurian Easter Pie)

Torta Pasqualina is an Italian savory pie filled with chard or spinach, eggs and ricotta. This is one of Liguria’s iconic dishes but is prepared throughout the country during the Easter celebrations. The original Pasqualina pie calls for 33 layers of thin dough to represent the 33 years of Jesus. This is one of the recipes I’ve […]

January 10, 2015January 10, 2015Quote

“Oeuf d’une heure…

“Oeuf d’une heure, pain d’un jour, vin d’un an”. “Uovo di un’ora, pane di un giorno, vino di un anno”. “Egg of one hour old, bread of one day, wine of one year old”. Italian Proverb from Aosta Valley region Photo by Maurizio “OttO” De Togni

April 19, 2014Holidays & Celebrations Quote

Happy Easter – Buona Pasqua

“Fore I remember it is Easter morn, and life and peace are all new born.” Alice Freeman Plamer

December 16, 2013February 25, 2014Holidays & Celebrations Primi Piatti

My Family’s Christmas Recipes : Tortellini In Brodo – Tortellini In Broth (First Course)

Have you ever eat Tortellini in broth? If not, you should because they taste so good and help to “unclog” your stomach, during the long and succulent Christmas dinner. Tortellini are originally from Emilia-Romagna region. Made with fresh eggs pasta filled with pork, prosciutto, mortadella and Parmigiano Reggiano; they should be cooked in homemade capon […]

December 5, 2013December 5, 2013Desserts

Homemade Pavesini

In the 1945 Mario Pavesi, an Italian baker from the city of Novara (Piedmont), decided to bake a new version of the Biscotti Di Novara (Novara’s Cookies).These cookies soon became very popular because made with simple ingredients and easy to digest. Pavesini are a good alternative to make a lighter Tiramisu’. This is the perfect […]