Traditions of Puglia and Southern Italy
In Puglia we have many traditional foods that are only prepared during the Easter week. And each Italian region has different Easter food traditions. What we like about about our Easter recipes is that they are simple and made with very local and seasonal ingredients. One of the most traditional [...]
Guests who attend our culinary and wine tours in Puglia often tell us how impressed they are with the architecture and beauty of Lecce and whole Salento (the county of Lecce). The usual comment is: "we did not expect all this magnificence!" Beauty is everywhere: from Lecce's wonderfully decorated baroque [...]
I and my family are getting ready for tonight's Christmas Eve dinner. I am in charge of the dessert. There is no Christmas in Italy without a panettone cake. So our dessert tonight will be a panettone, but not the usual one. I admit I did not make the panettone [...]
Today was market day in Lecce! So I went to the market (the one where locals go) and met my producer friends who gave me their super sweet tomatoes, basil plants, dried oregano, broccoli rabe and delicious cacioricotta cheese. Therefore, with all these beautiful ingredients I decide to make handmade [...]
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 [...]
