a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, London, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Oct 19th, 2009
I was in Venice for only one day last year, which left no time to explore the local bacari or traditional taverns of the city. It was also so overrun with tourists that I was quite happy to return to Bologna at the end of the day. However, a bacaro by the name of Polpo [...]
Posted in cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, Italian, Italy, meat, pasta, recipe, traveleating, Tuscan on May 8th, 2009
I was excited to receive cookery book The Real Flavour of Tuscany from Quadrille Publishing to review. Books that take time to explore the culture and history of food appeal to me far more than those that consist of no more than a collection of recipes grouped into ‘starters’, ‘mains’ and ‘puddings’. This one, de [...]
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, Italian, Italy, recipe, traveleating on Feb 19th, 2009
A guest post from the resident chef and husband. This was incredibly delicious and unbelievably filling! And very quick to make, which is why I’ve placed this in the Quick & Simple series. ‘This classic Piedmontese recipe is taken and adapted from one I was recently served in Italy by two excellent chefs for a [...]
Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, London, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating, wine on Jan 18th, 2009
Background: Bocca di Lupo (literally Mouth of the Wolf) opened in Soho, London towards the end of last year. Several rave reviews later, fellow food blogger tasty treats! and I decided to go there for lunch a few days ago. I don’t eat much Italian food in London, as I prefer to go to Italy [...]
Posted in dining out, food, Italian, Italy, London, pasta, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jan 12th, 2009
Background: Rossopomodoro (‘red tomato’) in Covent Garden is part of a large pizza chain based in Naples, Italy with 70 branches around the world. There are two other London branches in Notting Hill and Chelsea, and according to their website, they pride themselves on cooking traditional Neapolitan food using ingredients from the region. I recently [...]
