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Alf in Italy, arriving in Rome

This story and many of the stories about travel in Italy will be written by Alf, my husband. Our first trip (together) to Italy many years ago did not just change his life, but mine as well. Without that trip, my Italian food pilgrimage and Alf’s discovery of everything Italian, I would not be doing…
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Celebrating the Tomato with a Mini Burrata Sandwich

La Cucina Di Sandra A Hit at Food Festivals with That’s Amore Cheese Written by David Hagger on 15 March 2015. Posted in Gourmet News La Cucina Di Sandra, the fabulous Italian cooking school from Richmond has proved a smash hit at recent food festivals in Melbourne, teaming with iconic That’s Amore Cheese. Sandra Del Greco the Chef and driving force behind…
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Pasta Amatriciana With Prawns & Black Pepper

Pasta Amatriciana With Prawns & Black Pepper
Spaghetti con gamberi e pepe nero stile Amatriciana The Amatriciana sauce, also called “matriciana” in Roman dialect, is a pasta sauce that takes its name from a village in Lazio not far from Rome, Amatrice. The village was part of Abruzzo until 1927, when the borders of the regions were re-organised and it became part…
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Green crepe cannelloni with burrata and ricotta stuffing

Cannelloni di scrippelle verdi al forno ripieni di burrata e ricotta Scrippelle are very similar to French crepes. The story on their origin is fascinating. “Le crespelle n’busse” are a traditional dish of Teramo, one of the Abruzzese provinces. The dish is supposed to have been accidentaly created by a chef preparing a meal for the…
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