Polpette di patate alla calabrese (Calabrese Style Potato Balls ) – Appetizer/Side Dish Potato Balls Calabrese Style are a typical traditional appetizer, prepared with the fabulous potatoes of the Sila Plateau, which have become an IGP product, and with the typical Calabrese Salciccia made with Pupazzo (dried and ground pepper, both sweet and spicy) which […]
Cooking with mamma Elvia Ep.4 – Cipolla rossa di Tropea con vincotto
Cipolla rossa di Tropea con vincotto (Tropea Red Onion cooked with Vincotto) – Side Dish/Appetizer A fresh, delicious and healthy side dish, easy to prepare and enjoy With a good
Cooking with mamma Elvia Ep.1 – Vecchiaredde Fritte
I Vecchiaredde (Stuffed Fritters) – Appetizer/Side Dish A typical Calabrian fried food that can be prepared in various ways both in the type of dough and in the shape, which can be: elongated, donut or ball. They can be
Calabria’s Rich Culinary Traditions
Variety and taste from the Ionian coast – By D. Porter Let’s take a little culinary getaway to a tucked away corner of Italy where time slows down and food traditions still thrive. I’m talking about the sleepy agricultural town of Sibari in Calabria’s toe. This is the kind of place that moves to the […]
Arancini di riso – Italian rice balls
Arancini are a delicious dish suitable as an appetizer or as a snack. It is a simple dish to prepare that lends itself to many variations. In fact, these beautiful rice balls can be seasoned with peas, mushrooms… Even, by adding minced meat and tomato sauce, and changing shape, they turn into suppli’. This is […]
‘E Scagliuozzi. An easy appetizer recipe
You can find them in pizzerias and in “friggitorias” (fried food shops) but also in street food cart shops. Fried polenta or, as they are called in Napoli, “‘e scagliuozzi” are a mouth-watering appetizer made with corn flour. To prepare them you need few ingredients and little time. Read how to prepare them in 10 […]
Stuffed bell peppers. The Neapolitan recipe.
Alongside the mixed cold cuts, potato croquettes and mozzarella in carrozza, there is a delicious appetizer that can also be eaten as a second course. ‘E puparuole ‘mbuttunati. (The stuffed bell peppers) Preparing this dish is not at all difficult and you will surely be mouth-watering and make a great impression on your guests. Here […]
‘A Pizza ‘e scarole. A must from our Christmas menu.
In Napoli, ‘a pizza ‘e scarole Or ‘a pizza cu ‘a scarola (endive escarola pizza) is never missing from the Christmas menu. It is a delight served as an appetizer on Christmas Eve and on Christmas Day but it is good at any time of the year! Traditionally in Napoli lard is used but we […]
Teatro dei Lazzari Felici. Schedule of the season.
After a two years pause, the curtains of the theaters return to reopen, releasing all the positive energy that has accumulated among the actors as well as among all the professionals in this period. Even Teatro Lazzari Felici is ready to do this and, for this theater season, it proposes its billboard “A teatro con […]
Traditional Caprese recipe (Caprese Salad)
Fresh and delicious, Caprese salad is excellent as a main course but also as an appetizer. During Summer time, when the heat makes it unbearable to stay in the kitchen, the Caprese salad comes to the rescue with a fresh buffalo mozzarella, tomato and basil with a hint of oregano. Caprese salad has humble and […]
