There are herbs so thorny and threatening that you'd never know you could eat them. Such as milk thistle, appreciated in cuisine as in herbal medicine. Also called "saint" thistle for his extraordinary therapeutic qualities. Since ancient times it was used by doctors and herbalists to treat a wide range of diseases. Plants can grow [...]
I heard about it for a while and finally I have to try the recipe. Roasted asparagus with eggs. I thought that some black truffle there would fit like a glove... and I was right: the mix of flavors is real poetry for the taste buds! Ingredients Recipe: Main course Cuisine: Italian Serving: [...]
As the Italian tradition wants for the Easter breakfast different variations of sweet pizza are in the menu (expecially in south-central Italy). My favorite one is the tortaro. It's sweet and soft, it has a delicate scent of anise liqueur and, as its 'simlars' externally looks like a cake. The main difference is that inside you [...]
The Tamus communis is an alimurgic plant with thousand names. Black Bryony, Madonna Seal, Tamaro, Tanno, Cerasiola, Black vine, tamina grapes, viticella, etc. In France is called Herbe aux femmes battues that means 'grass for battered women', such name is due to the wraps made with the grated root and applied on contusions and sprains. In my [...]
My mother comes from Serrone (Italy). You can imagine this little town as "the land of the free flight, of the silver olive groves, of the cesanese wine" a town of little mountain houses made of stone and wood. This is the town of warmth people and infinite kinships (such kind of kinships are narrower [...]
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