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What Italian Children want What do Italian children want to eat? Not just the fussy eaters but kids, in general. …
Autumn leaves Persimmon is an autumn fruit. The leaves change for intense green to auburn red. It is often the …
Bread, bread and bread Bread crumbs have two possible mothers. A hard one and a soft one. Italians and Sicilians …
Cleopatra’s pearl Royal wit. It all started with a bet. Between Cleopatra and Marc Anthony on hosting the most expensive …
Small is beautiful Cherry tomato is a relative recent phenomenon in Italy. And in Sicily very recent. The Pachino area …
Some history Bruschetta has very humble origins. From 1650 on, Italian peasants upgraded old bread with tomato. The tomatoes were …
(Quite) some history Zucchine Genovesi, aka Cucurbita pepo. This lovely vegetable originates in South America. Spanish mercantile ships brought them …
Sponge What is street food sfincione? Is it a pizza? bread? lunch? Is it healthy? As it goes with popular …
What’s in a name? Stracciatella translates as little rags. And this applies to the three different preparations the name refers …
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