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A quick, easy, inexpensive recipe that destroys the sacred dogma of never combining fish with cheese.
Rome is a real open-air museum, not only for the numerous monuments around the city but also for the spreading of a new (but very old in its soul) kind of art. The street art.
Most of you will know it as “The Roman Christmas”, let’s find out the origins and traditions releted to this Roman holiday.
Le tradizioni e le origini di una festa cristiana che mette d’accordo i più piccoli per le sorprese, e i più grandi con i pranzi! Per tutti gli amanti del salato, tranquilli! La Pasqua è famosa anche per le sue “colazioni” abbondanti.
Nel Lazio sono soliti svegliarsi ed iniziare la giornata di festa con salame e uova sode, In Campania con casatiello, salame napoletano e ancora uova sode, mentre in Umbria si viziano con torta al formaggio e capocollo.
Non stiamo parlando di una cupola qualsiasi, bensì del tetto di Roma: la cupola di San Pietro. Com’è noto, porta la firma di Michelangelo, che nel 1546 ridisegnò il progetto precedente e, già settantenne, diresse i lavori fino alla sua morte. La realizzazione dell’opera fu conclusa nel 1590 da Giacomo Della Porta e Domenico Fontana. La cupola di San Pietro è una delle più vaste coperture in muratura mai realizzate, nonché simbolo di Roma (insieme al Colosseo, ovviamente!).
The frittata, a typical dish of Italian cuisine, was born as a poor preparation that was mainly consumed by the working classes. È un alimento completo a base di uova leggermente sbattute e insaporite con ingredienti a piacere. È una delle preparazioni più antiche e diffuse della storia.
In Italy, if you say winter it means comfort food. Everybody knows that in Italy comfort food means grandmas’ courses! They are jealously saved, handed down from generation to generation, prepared respecting traditions and with a lot of love. The first two secret ingredients? Deftness and patience. Thanks to them, grandmas’ courses – like meat sauce, chocolate cake, handed rolled out pasta ...
It’s really cold in Italy!
The reason why is: “giorni della merla”, the coldest days of the year! It’s an ancient legend rooted in the heart of young and old. Its main characters are a white blackbirds’ family who is arrived in town at the end of summer. It found refuge on a high tree in Porta Nuova district. Its life was happy and safe until the last three days of January, when cold, ice and snow storms came.
Italy is full of centenary gastronomic traditions.
And even more, among old recipes, unforgettable memories and its indisputable beauties stand out holidays’ recipes. Christmas, Easter and Carnival: every occasion, in Italy, is good to set the table and celebrate the joys of life and palate. Among the most popular recipes, however, the first place goes to Christmas.
