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A salad is always a welcome addition to a dinner table, whether served on the side, at the start or as part of the main event itself. With such an abundance of beautiful countryside and its glorious ...

Where would any cook be without eggs? They give colour to our pasta and creamy thickness to our sauces, and that's before one even begins to take into account the nutritional benefits of such a ...

Asparagus season, bringing with it both the white and green varieties in plentiful supply, heralds the beginning of spring in Italy. While asparagus can be grilled, stir fried or even eat raw the most ...

Pigeon has formed a staple part of Italian cuisine for centuries, whether roasted whole or slow cooked in a rich ragù. Towns such as Orvieto in Umbria demonstrate the important part these birds play ...

Italian food varies greatly depending on what part of the country you're in. Get to know more about the northern parts of Italy – from the jagged mountains of the Dolomites to the beautiful coastline ...

Pizza is one of those foods that needs no introduction. You can find it all over the world – there are even pizzerias in North Korea – and the simple marriage of flat dough and toppings is a fantastic ...

Widely regarded as the best pizza chef in the world, Franco Pepe's pizza dough recipe is a closely-guarded secret. Although he will never give up the recipe used at his restaurant Pepe in Grani, this ...

While lemons were originally native to Asia it is believed they were brought to Europe during the time of the Roman Empire and Italian lemons are now considered among the finest in the world. The ...

This supplì recipe will help you to recreate one of Rome's favourite street foods at home. These little croquettes are filled with rice, beef and stringy mozzarella cheese, which provides the 'al ...

Although Italy's chefs are known for being amongst the most adventurous, wacky and downright wild in the whole world, sometimes nothing but the classics will do. This collection of traditional Italian ...

Spaghetti carbonara is one of the most well known, yet often poorly executed, Italian dishes outside of Italy. Too often the pasta is doused in ladles of rich double cream and passed off as carbonara, ...