Vignarola – Vegetable Side Dish from Lazio
This recipe comes from Lazio, the region where Rome is located; in the local dialect, the word ‘vignaroli’ come from the Italian word vigna – vineyard, and they are the…
Guanciale, Italian Cured Pork Jowl
Guanciale is a cut of meat, later transformed into cured meat, typical of Central and part of Southern Italy, but it finds its greatest fame in the town of Amatrice,…
The Sacred Wood of Monsters of Bomarzo, Lazio
Mythological and sinister figures and gods like Hercules, Neptune, Pegasus, Isis, Ceres, Proserpine, Cerberus (the three-headed dog mentioned in Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy), peep out from the foliage of the…
Roman-Style Artichoke
For this preparation is normally used a typical artichoke coming from Rome called “mammola”, but of course you can use artichokes you have available, taste doesn’t change. Stuffed with minced…
Chicken with Peppers Roman-Style
Pollo con i Peperoni alla Romana in Italian Language, is at least as Roman as the Fontana di Trevi and the Colosseum. There are those who cook peppers separately by…