Spaghetti Bolognese

What? Spaghetti Bolognese not from Italy??!!

To make one thing clear, the Spaghetti Bolognese dish is not an Italian invention. Nevertheless, you can often find it on menus in many other countries prepared in different ways. The name “Spaghetti Bolognese” is actually used when you mean the long pasta that is served with minced meat sauce. So whenever I am in the mood and tired of the common red Spaghetti sauce I use the recipe below. Continue reading What? Spaghetti Bolognese not from Italy??!!

Aioli dip, spread. Mediterranean, Spain Italy Southern France, Christmas Spread

Aioli, a Mediterranean dip

Last time I was at the Freiburg Münsterplatz I visited their large International Market and had fried Calamaris with Aioli sauce. That was the first time I tasted this sauce, and I have been bragging about it ever since. This spread or dip is used with the cuisines in Spain, the Balearic Islands, Murcia and eastern Andalusia, Valencia and Catalonia. Also in France (Provence) and Italy, Sicily and Liguria and Calabria. Continue reading Aioli, a Mediterranean dip

Orvieto, Umbria, Northern Italy

Orvieto in Italy is located on a volcanic tuff rock for the last 2000 years

Every time I think: how can a city still be there on such friable rock after almost 2000 years with Etruscan civilization? And yet – it still is there Orvieto with their 8000 inhabitants Riding on the highway from Florence to Rome, you can see a large butte of a volcanic tuff with the city of Orvieto on top.It is surrounded by a defensive wall build … Continue reading Orvieto in Italy is located on a volcanic tuff rock for the last 2000 years