Unusual Pairings
You never would have said
Sea & Mountain
Yes, absolutely right, I confirm: the Mare & Monti pairing really wins. How can this work? Simple: take some fresh prawns, a pan with a spoon of oil, a few cloves of garlic and a sprinkling of coarsely chopped parsley. After ten minutes, just waiting the gray...
Italy – Spain
And I'm not talking about a football match…! Because basically, in the gastronomic field, whoever says Spain says… Paella! Then there are different recipes of paella depending on where you are, but the classic one remains the Valencian paella: a mixture of meat, fish...
Piedmontese people and Argentina
I have always been fascinated by the stories of migrants (big family to which I belong too, after all): when I think of my Italian region, which basically has a reputation as a land of "Bogia nen" ("don't move" in dialect Piedmontese), I am even more attracted to...
America & America
Chili con carne: this well-known and very good dish from Texas (not from Mexico!) is one of the things that makes you in a good mood: that's why "it must be done". This is the point. The variant I choose to prepare is the classic one (which basically has a lot of...
Did I dare too much?
Piedmont that emigrates, like me. The agnolotti, a typical Piedmontese dish of pasta dough filled with roasted meat, that it's a fixed appointment of our Italian Christmas lunch, this year it remained faithful to the line: even in this period of pandemic and...
“Every family has one”
This is what it is written on this intriguing and nice label of "The Scallywag" - Chardonnay 2018 by Hugh Hamilton Wines, with a black sheep in the background. In fact this black sheep is the symbol of this South Australian wine...
The perfect combination
Chile and the United Kingdom, South America and Northern Europe: two distinct countries that at first glance have very little in common, whether in terms of language, food or culture. And yet, believe me: if we put on the table a traditional English cheese like...
Trentino arm in arm with Mexico
On the one hand we have a region of Italy, specifically Northern Italy, specifically an area, the Trento DOC, specifically an autochthonous white grape variety: the Nosiola. On the other hand we have Central America, specifically Mexico, specifically guacamole: the...
The North of Italy and the South of America
About 12000 km is the distance between a typical dish of Piedmont, the "tajarin" (tagliatelle pasta) with porcini mushrooms and this wine coming from the Cordillera of the Andes. Indeed the meeting between these two elements generates perfect symbiosis. These...
Where the land meets the sea
We are talking about a white wine among my favorites: the vine is the Grüner Veltliner, the region is Kremstal, the country is Austria. Yes, indeed, Austria, among the most unknown countries in the wine sector that in the last decades has demonstrated to be capable to...