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…Covid-19 and the surprise of some Americans in Modica when they found his pasticceria.  The love story of your family with the world of patisserie and chocolate making started in…

…can make it there, I can make it anywhere.” * And that “there” happens to be New York City, la Grande Mela, the big Apple. Not a gentle city to…

…long to understand it, as this exotic “golden apple” (this is what pomodoro means, literally), tastes like the sun and has the fresh, summery scent of the fields where it…

…it was 2009 when the  project moved its first steps in the  Big Apple and  that experience was to be fundamental for the development of the idea, because I  realized…

…the plate down. (A small can of tuna, beans or tomatoes works well). Leave to rest overnight. The next day a considerable amount of liquid should have drained into the…

…you most certainly did, as bergamot is used to scent Earl Grey Tea, and its peel is often an ingredient in artisanal gelato or cookies. Bergamot candies are also popular…

…Borgnino became Borgnine; and Saturno became Breen. Wait…how did that happen? According to a story recorded in a 1994 issue of Columbia Magazine, Pasquale Saturno, originally from Ischia, near Naples,…

…idea of being “spread up and around” from the profundity of the sea. Another theory says that the name Procida comes from the island’s old Roman name, Prochyta, in turn…

Did my use of “rules” and “Italian” in one sentence cause a second glance? Other than keeping that left lane on the Autostrada open for high-speed designer cars, or maybe…

…herbal liqueur (alkermes or alchermes), originally used as a heart tonic. As detailed in 1653 by Culpeper’s Complete Herbal and English Physician, the recipe for alchermes included apple juice, rosewater,…