Another week of delicious recipes and stories all to help you eat your way through Italy. This week's choice for Top 10 Italian Recipes include many light pasta dishes along with a fried one from Naples, a twist on a classic dish from Milan, rice pudding from Tuscany and a watermelon gelatina to celebrate the Sicilian festival for Santa Rosalia. Eating Italy has a special section that highlights all the Rome food guides that were included in a special Rome City Guide, cheese making in Abruzzo, and much more. Enjoy and Buon Appetito!
My Choice for Top 10 Italian Food Recipes from Around the Web:
Panzanella - The Divina Cucina's recipe on Tuscanycious
Pizza with Ricotta, Zucchini, Olives and Provolone - Italicious
Frittata di Meccheroni alla Napoletana - Napoli Unplugged
Spaghetti Ortolana - Aroma Cucina
Fresh Beet Pasta and a "Cook for the Cure" Kitchen-Aid Blender Giveaway - Bell' alimento
Mezzelune con Ricotta e Bietola (Half moon fresh pasta filled with ricotta and chard) - Briciole
Pasta with Monkfish, Mint and Cherry Tomatoes - Love Sicily
Milanese con Insalata di Pomodoro (Veal Cutlet Milanese Style with Tomato Salad) - Memorie di Angelina
Gelatina di Anguria (Watermelon Jelly) for Il Festino of Santa Rosalia in Palermo - The Front Burner
Budino di Riso (Tuscan Rice Pudding) - Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino
Eating Italy:
Pecorino Canestrato Cheese - Making Cheese in Abruzzo - Ciao Chow Linda
Livorno: A Tuscan Melting Pot - Emiko Davies for Under the Tuscan Gun
La Birra e Buona a Roma - The Beer Chicks
Castle Wedding in Piemonte - Rubber Slippers in Italy
Toasting the Coast: Discovering The Wines of Tuscany's Coastal Regions - The Florentine
Neighborhood Bar: Lotti - Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
Two Hearts on a Plate - Casa Vissani in Orvieto and Il Falconiere in Cortona - The Sydney Herald Times
The Wines of the Costa Dei Trabocchi at Cantina Frentana - Charles Scicolone on Wine
Roasted Ombrina at La Sirenella Fossacesia Marina - Dining Along the Coast in Abruzzo - Life in Abruzzo
Sharing the Food Love - Over the Tuscan Stove
La Casa del Prosciutto - Slice of Tuscany
This week The Guardian came out with its Rome City Guide. The guide includes many "10 Best" articles. Many of those were written by some of Rome's bloggers and writers whose articles have already graced the pages of Italy on a Plate. Here are the food-related 10 Best articles from the city guide:
10 of the Best Pizza Places in Rome by Katie Parla
10 of the Best Trattorias in Rome by Katie Parla
10 of the Best Cafes, Pastry Shops and Ice Cream Parlors in Rome by Katie Parla
10 of the Best Restaurants in Rome
Upcoming Food and Wine Festivals in Italy:
Barolo Night 2011 - July 23 - The town La Morra, in the Piedmont region, celebrates the king of wines - Barolo - with a progressive dinner in four locations, showcasing La Morra cuisine with a wine pairing.
Sagra del Pesce - July 27 to 31 - 31st Annual Fish Festival in Piombino (Livorno, Tuscany)
Tortello Festival - August 5 to 7 & 12 to 15 - In Borgo San Lorenzo in Florence celebrates the typical filled pasta of the region
Sagra della Porchetta di Arricia - September 4 - The town Arricia, near Rome, most famous for the roasted suckling pig starts porchetta celebrations on the first Sunday in Septmeber
Piadina Days - September 10 & 11 - The province of Forli-Cesena in the Emilia-Romagna celebrates the region's famous piadina
Festival del Prosciutto di Parma - September 9 to 18 - Parma celebrates its 14th annual Parma Prosciutto Festival
Slow Food Cheese - September 16 to 19 - Bra, the home of the Slow Food Headquarters - An cheese festival that originally highlighted only local cheeses, now is an international affair celebrating artisanl cheesemaking - the site is still under construction
Taste of Milano - September 15 - 18 - Food festival celebrating the food of Milan
CousCous Festival - September 20 - 25 - San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
EuroChocolate - October 14 to 23 - Perugia - The biggest chocolate festival in Italy
Alba Truffle Festival - October 8 to November 13 - The 81st Annual truffle festivals takes place in Alba
Chocolate in Piazza - November 4 - 6 - Carpi in Emilia-Romagna celebrates its 3rd annual chocolate festival
Merano Wine Festival - November 4 - 7 - One of the biggest wine events in Italy - The 20th anniversary of this festival will happen in the northern Italian city of Merano
Festa del Torrone - November 18 - 20 - In Cremona, a festival to celebrate the candy that much of Northern Italy associates with Christmas
Related Posts:
Artichoke and Spinach Ravioli in a Brown Butter Sauce
Pizza al Taglio at Pizzarium in Rome
Roman Pasta Dishes and Ten Places to Eat Them in Rome
Journey Through the Pastries of Napoli
Dining Around Naples with Napoli Unplugged
Tour of Masseria L'Astore and a Frantoio Ipogeo (Ancient Olive Oil Mill) in Salento
The Dish from Puglia: Friselle with Tomatoes
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There are SO many here that look wonderful ... I want to try them all. Note: the Spaghetti Otolana link doesn't seem to be right (check it).
I guess I'll have to miss the Taste of Milano again this year, but some day .....
Posted by: Paula | July 17, 2011 at 11:23 PM
Paula - They do all look wonderful, don't they?! Thanks for the heads-up on the link problem...it's now fixed.
Posted by: Kathy | July 18, 2011 at 12:23 AM
Your posts are always full of very interesting links. Thanks for including my pasta. The photo of cheese at the bottom has me dreaming early in the morning.
Posted by: Simona | July 18, 2011 at 05:34 AM
Hi Kathy, WOW!! Thank you so much for including me. What a surprise!It was watermelon city around here, as you can imagine! Your site is an absolute treasure trove, a complete delight. I saw you info about the Italian Unification. President Obama made a wonderful Presidential Proclamation on the occasion. I may have missed it on your site, but I have it on mine. So if you have not read it, you may check it out on my blog at
http://thefrontburner.us/main/2011/03/17/presidential-proclamation-150th-anniversary-of-the-unification-of-italy/
Posted by: AdriBarr | July 18, 2011 at 09:36 AM
Nice post. Yours are always delightful to read.
Posted by: jozee | July 18, 2011 at 05:35 PM
Simona - Thank you & you're welcome for the inclusion...those mezzalune look delicious!
Adri - How fun to be in the middle of "watermelon city," though, right! I was in Italy during the Italy unification celebrations, and they had only bits of President Obama's proclamation on the news. You're post on it is a great resource. Thanks!
Thanks Jozzee :)
Posted by: Kathy | July 26, 2011 at 07:19 AM