What we find really find interesting about the cuisine of our region, Puglia, is that wherever you go, you eat what´s produced in that specific place. Therefore, you can have the best seafood and fish only when you go to a town which is literally by the sea (such as Gallipoli, [...]
Puglia is becoming more and more famous around the world for the Altamura bread. This bread has been the first, in the bakery category, to receive the PDO seal (Denomination of Protected Origin) in Europe. The PDO recognition is equivalent to the DOC one for wines. Its unique taste is [...]
One of the reasons why the Mediterranean diet is so healthy is that we use little salt and cook with herbs and spices. Capers are a key ingredient and we use it in all our Mediterranean recipes
One thing that I love about the Mediterranean Diet food of Puglia is the fact that even though our recipes are very simple to prepare, the resulting dishes are extremely delicious and healthy! Tomato sauce is the recipe that best represents the simplicity of the Mediterranean Diet. We use [...]
Happy Easter to all our friends and readers! What a wonderful joy for me and Marika to wake up this morning! We were so excited at the idea of preparing the traditional Italian Easter bread with eggs for our big family lunch. This was something our Nonna used to make [...]
