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3 Bologna farmers markets I really love

Three Bologna farmers markets I love. They are not the best or even the only ones. They are the ones I visit weekly. Shopping at the market is a habit for my family. It is a chance to get together and come home with something good. Markets are inclusive places of meeting and discovery. Producers are happy to share…

ByMonica15 September 20230Comments

The special tiramisù recipe of Nonna Sara

Nonna's special tiramisù is a recipe we had lost and recently found again. So many of her recipes brighten tables that are not our own. Nonna left few written recipes compared to her enormous repertoire. On the other hand, she shared them by letter with other women and as many as she received. Or she exchanged them with…

ByMonica19 December 20220Comments

Bologna Food Breakfast and Merenda Cakes and Cookies COURSES OCCASIONS RECIPES

Pinza of Bologna. A typical cupboard ciambella

Pinza of Bologna is a recipe that speaks Bolognese. It is a pantry cake made with a few simple ingredients. It was once a typical homemade preparation that was never missing from the table of Bolognese families, especially those of peasant origin. Pinza and sweet mustard: two typical products of Bologna The recipe for pinza first appears…

ByMonica17 December 20220Comments

Torta di prugne dell'Appennino bolognese

Bologna Food Cakes and Cookies COURSES Fruits INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES Sunday Lunch

Plum cake of the Bolognese Apennines recipe

The plum cake of the Bolognese Apennines is part of the culinary tradition of my land and is a dessert with an old fashioned flavor. On the border I was born on the border between Emilia and Romagna. Precisely in Imola, Romagna cuisine and culture in Emilia territory. Father's family, which came on the border between Romagna…

ByMonica30 September 20220Comments

COURSES First Course Gluten-free INGREDIENTS OCCASIONS RECIPES Soups Sunday Lunch

Passatelli in broth. Home recipe

Passatelli is a traditional recipe of Romagna that, like me, has been adopted by Bologna. Although passatelli are very popular in Bologna, they originate in Romagna. Even at my home, albeit on the border between Emilia and Romagna, tortellini, not cappelletti, was the dish of Christmas lunch, and passatelli was the dish of Sundays and other…

ByMonica14 May 20210Comments

Emilia-Romagna

Where to eat seafood in downtown Bologna

In a good seafood restaurant, you need to be able to close your eyes and feel the sea, even in the city. Anything is possible if the place is right. I leave you the address of three seafood restaurants where food and quality swim on the same plate. Discover Bologna with me HERE you will find all…

ByMonica20 July 20200Comments

Emilia-Romagna

Bologna. Mini Summer Guide To The City

Summer exploring the city. If you're planning of visiting Bologna, maybe you could need a guide to explore the City during the summer with some insider's tips about what you need to know what to see, do and eat! “The Learned, The Fat, The Red”. Bologna is nicknamed "La Dotta, La Rossa, La Grassa". "Erudited" is for…

ByMonica17 June 20200Comments

Emilia-Romagna

Bologna In Winter, When Hot Chocolate Is In Season

Hot chocolate magically makes everything better. For you with or without panna montata (whipped cream)? For me hot chocolate is rigorously with (a lot) of panna. If you’re like me and food is your number one priority when traveling, you can easily understand the importance to know where to have the right break. Then this list…

ByMonica23 January 20200Comments

Aperitivo Appetizers Bologna Food COURSES Gluten-free INGREDIENTS Meat OCCASIONS RECIPES Sauces and Pâté

Traditional Mortadella Mousse Recipe

Like many other recipes from the old Bolognese school, the Mortadella mousse was lost for a while. Perhaps for this reason, when it came back a few years ago, many thought that the mousse was a magic sprouted from the cylinder of the wizards of street food, born already spread on crusty bread. Tortellini…

ByMonica27 December 20192Comments

Emilia-Romagna

Christmas in Bologna. Things to do, visit and eat

Christmas in Bologna is so beautiful. It seems dressed in sparkling lights and decorations that she wears like a lady, an elegant coat. On the streets, you feel Christmas music and a magic atmosphere, and people walking wish each other "Buongiorno e auguri" (Good Morning and Happy Christmas). The scent of Panone and Certosino , both…

ByMonica16 November 20190Comments