Cinzia Rascazzo

About Cinzia Rascazzo

Italian Cooking School in Italy, providing culinary vacations and wine tours in Puglia and other regions in Italy.

Healthy and tasty bread made with whole grains and unrefined flours

After visiting many artisan mills and bakeries all over Italy and reading lots of medical research on the health benefits of complex grains, I can't buy bread from the store anymore. I just love making my own bread once a week, using very select flours that I source from my [...]

Handmade gnocchi: making food with your hands is very therapeutic

  Today I really needed some food therapy! After a couple of scary days with a bit of temperature (that now is gone), I just decided I needed to make something relaxing with my hands! So I made handmade potato gnocchi! They are very easy and so much fun to [...]

Let’s stay healthy and cook some vegetables: minestrone vegetable soup

It is very important that we stay healthy and include some vegetables in our diet as they are rich in vitamins and fiber. Last week I went to the supermarket and bought lots of vegetables: zucchini, carrots, red tomatoes, cauliflower, potatoes. Today I realized that the zucchini would not have [...]

Alibaba Foundation and Jack Ma Foundation help Chinese doctors put together a Handbook to support medical staff around the world

The Jack Ma Foundation and Alibaba Foundation provide us with another wonderful example of contribution to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic. They worked with Prof. Tingbo LIANG, Chairman of The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, on the publication of a Handbook to support other doctors and healthcare [...]