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Smoky ham and cannellini bean soup
Aromas, like flavors, are evocative. A single fragrance can transport you to many places. Take, for example, smoky, warm, enveloping aromas. In my case, they awaken pleasant, comforting olfactory memories. Wood burning in the fireplace in the basement. Bonfires in the countryside mark the change of seasons. On the rare nights he is at home, I see my father…
1 February 2026
Cheese anolini from the picturesque Val d'Arda (Piacenza)
Cheese anolini from the picturesque Val d’Arda (Piacenza)
The recipe for anolini belongs, albeit with differences in shape and filling, to the territories of Parma and Piacenza. This recipe for cheese anolini from Val d'Arda is a variation of the classic anolini recipe from Piacenza and Parma. The Val d'Arda is a picturesque valley in the Piacenza Apennines, crossed by the Arda stream,…
7 December 2025
Pastina soup (in vegetable broth). One of my childhood memories
Pastina soup, or minestrina in broth, is a winter comfort food from Italian home cooking. If you add a small piece of cheese, it makes the dish creamy and comforting beyond expectations. It's one of those dishes all Italians enjoyed as children, and it satisfies even adults, especially when combating fatigue and cold. Usually, pastina soup…
12 February 2025
Giugetti pasta in bean broth
Giugetti pasta in bean stock. Cucina povera of Romagna
Giugetti is an identity dish of the cucina povera of Romagna. Known as giugetti, giogetti, or patacucci, they belong to the large family of maltagliati and manfrigoli. They are small squares of sfoglia matta (eggless) cooked in a brodo matto (meatless broth) . This forgotten dish was typical winter eating in the second half of the 19th…
28 January 2025
Traditional spoja lorda in broth
Spoja lorda in broth (cheese stuffed pasta squares)
The cheese-filled squares of spoja lorda I put to dry on the pasta dryer look like puzzle pieces. In recent years, I have first scattered them on the table and then reassembled these pieces to create a new mosaic, more colorful and interesting, something in which I wanted to recognize myself again, feeling happy and proud…
4 January 2025
Cappelletti romagnoli with cheese recipe
Cappelletti romagnoli with cheese recipe
Filled pasta evokes memories of rituals and traditions that belong to my family history. Maybe it is that the Holiday season is coming, or it's the passing of time that is to blame, but I admit, for the past few years since mid-November onward, I have started to make stock pots and tons of fresh stuffed…
27 November 2023
Homemade Parmigiano stock recipe
Homemade Parmigiano stock recipe (with rind)
In Italian kitchens, the stock is a staple recipe with several uses. All the broths share the same main ingredients and preparation method: water, vegetables (almost always the base is one stick of celery with the leaves, one skinless white onion, and one whole carrot), and salt. Then, there is the ingredient that gives a specific taste. Again,…
20 November 2023
Bean broth recipe
Bean broth with passatelli. Peasant broth recipe
Bean broth is one dish of Italian cucina povera that belongs to my family history and the area where I was born and raised. It was the broth of peasants. Today it is a forgotten recipe that deserves new attention. The pot of bean broth is vegetarian, gluten and lactose-free, and cheap. Terroir, between poetry and pragmatism There…
8 February 2023
Fish cappelletti. Romagna stuffed pasta
Fish cappelletti of Adua. Romagna stuffed pasta
Some flavors evoke positive thoughts related to people who loved us. Cappelletti di Magro makes me think of Adua. She and her home tailoring lab are among the fond memories of my childhood and adult life. Cappelletti of Romagna Cappelletti is a stuffed pasta typical of Romagna. The name literally means "little-hats". You can find cappelletti filled with meat…
13 December 2022
Brodo di gallina
Chicken stock recipe: hymn to home cooking
In Italy, there is this saying: old hen makes good stock. If folk wisdom is inspiring, I'm starting with this adage to introduce chicken broth. When the chicken gets old, after a life spent scratching and laying eggs, it is time for making a great pot. Chicken stock pot Buy a chubby hen if you want to make…
20 March 2022

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