To the visitor the way to take the coffee of the Italians appears a bit hasty, since it is not customary to sit at the table. Coffee is ordered at the counter, prepared in few seconds and drunk while standing, at the bar, just like in the fifties. Each bar has its own history of regulars; the inhabitants of the village, of that township [...]
Bruno Cingolani began working in front of restaurant’s stoves at a very young age. Native of Marche region, he left the Adriatic Sea for Piemonte and for 15 years has been running his Dulcis Vitis. Your cooking is not just with tradition recipes. I feel very creative. As an artist uses oil paints to create a painting, I use nature's ingredients, every day, to [...]
The connoisseurs of high quality Piedmontese wines from the Langhe hills know these two words: bric and sorì. However, the visitor who is not a great specialist in the best wines from Piemonte, the two words bric and sorì followed by a proper name (for example sorì Paitin or bric del Fiasc) always arouse some doubts and perplexity. These are words from the Piedmontese [...]
The Italian cuisine closest to that of Italian mothers is the one offered by many small restaurants, taverns and trattorias…where you can still find the most authentic regional cuisine, without an excessive expense. However, it may happen to a traveler to feel “lost” while hearing a waiter saying the sentence “fuori menù, oggi, abbiamo...”. It literally means: in addition to what appears on the [...]
The hidden corners that I invite you to discover in the quiet Italian provincial towns could sometimes be enormous! In Lucca, the Piazza dell'Anfiteatro (literally “square of amphitheater”) with its elliptical shape is one of the most characteristic views of the city. The houses, in different shades of yellow and ocher, are positioned on the perimeter of a perfect ellipse and face this square [...]