On the table - A sparkling mind

And Guanciale Seduced the Egg

November 20, 2025

Four first courses today give Rome its reputation as a stronghold of Italian pasta: cacio e pepe, gricia, amatriciana, and the most famous of them all, the legendary carbonara. A closer look at their recipes immediately reveals their simplicity — a quality universally acknowledged — as

Syrah, the wine of the Crusader

On the table Syrah Shiraz

November 20, 2025

It is one of the six most cultivated vines in the world; in France, in the middle Rhone valley, its wine is called Hermitage rouge, in the rest of the world Syrah. Its first historical mention is from 1665, when it was already a sought-after quality wine that was counterfeited by unscrupulous trader

The macaroni that Rossini didn't want to cook

On the table pasta Dumas

September 03, 2023

Pasta with tomato sauce, a simple and tasty dish, a familiar symbol of our cuisine, was created in Naples in the mid-1800s and was initially known as maccheroni alla napoletana. In its modesty, this dish marked the birth of a new Italian cuisine based on pasta, boiled only in salted water, cooke