Puglia Party Day 8 – Involtino di Manzo al Ragu
Ok, so this isn’t supposed to be made with beef, it is in fact a recipe that call’s for horsemeat. Widely eaten in Puglia and considered a delicacy. It’s lean, […]
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Puglia Party Day 5 – Prickly Pear
What springs to my mind when I think of Puglia are the following things – clear blue seas, white sand, good food and prickly pears! These jungle book-esq cacti are […]
Puglia Party Day 4 – Pugliese Bread
Bread may be the most important thing to Italians. It’s eaten with every meal without fail. Well, in my family it is anyway. Pugliese is similar the ciabatta, but has […]
Puglia Party Day 3 – Fried peppers
The smell of peppers cooking in the kitchen instantly transports me to my Zia’s house in Cocumola. The aroma that fills the room leaves a sweet scent in the air. […]
Puglia Party – a little introduction
Mangia Bene Blog is now one! To help celebrate I would like to invite you all to my Puglia party! Each day, throughout the month of May, I will be […]
Postcards from Italy
OK… So here goes, the launch of my first regular feature, Postcards from Italy. Every month I will post a recipe that my Italian Auntie has sent to me on the […]
Chicory
I talk about chicory a lot. Not the reddish yellow tipped salad like leaf known by us British, but the long leafy green kind you find in Italy. It seems […]
Fried Zucchini Flowers
Eating these might be one of my earliest memories. I’d like to say it was also one of my happiest memories (which putting them into my mouth possibly was) but […]
What to do when you’ve got a big stash of aubergines – Aubergines Tre Modi (three ways)
Hooray! The sun finally made an appearance last week and it was a very welcomed one indeed. The more the sun beams down onto my extremely willing skin which eagerly […]
Festival of Ancient Tastes, Cerfignano 2012
During the summer months it’s harder to miss a festival than to find one in Italy. However small the village or town people of all ages and backgrounds come together […]
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