Welcome to this week's roundup of food & wine in Italy. For primi piatti in my top 10 recipe picks, we have a mouthwatering risotto parmigiana and two pasta dishes, one angry and one revived from the archives. There are links to five seasonal summer desserts, too! Eating Italy travels by mouth to Sicily, other parts of Southern Italy, Rome, and Venice. There are tips on judging a gelateria and finding good Italian wines for under $20. There's also a story about traveling 4,000 miles for gelato and Anthony Bourdain's post on his upcoming episode (tomorrow) in bella Napoli! Enjoy & Buon Appetito!
My Choice for This Week's Top 10 Italian Recipes from Around the Web:
Fritti, Fritti, Fritti - Batter recipe and frying instructions for the many fried dishes of Italy - An American in Italia
Risotto alla Parmigiana - Do Bianchi
Tortiglioni all' Arrabbiata - Quatro Fromaggio and Other Disgraces on the Italian Menu
Stracenate, Stracnar and a Cavarola Board - A great old handmade pasta revived - The Front Burner
Fritto Misto dell' Aia - Mixed fried meats from the farmyard - Tuscanycious
White Peach and Lavender Crostata - Juls Kitchen
Strawberry Balsamic Panna Cotta - Italian Food Forever
Amaretto & Chocolate Chip Semifreddo - and Eating Gelato in Italy - Ciao Chow Linda
Grilled Peaches and Red Wine Granita - Letizia Golosa
Rustic Fruit Crostata - Domenica Cooks
Eating Italy:
A Different Side of Italy: Sicily Food Tour, Part 2 - The Atlantic
Cook Like a Ve-ne-tian: Settemari's "The Venetian Fork" - Living Venice
Judge a Gelateria in 7 Easy Steps - Parla Food
Roman Festivals Offer Al Fresco Dining - Elizabeth Minchilli for the New York Times
4,000 Miles for Gelato - The Travel Belles
Italian Wines for Summer Under $20 - Charles Scicolone on Wine
In Praise of Aglianico - Jancis Robinson
Sip and Trip to Southern Italy - Washington Post
Our Local Pizza Joint: Pizzeria alla Carrette - Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
Pisciotto, Cilento: Rinaldo Merola's Trattoria Angiolina - Kyle Phillip's Italian Wine Review
The Red Sauce Trail - Anthony Bourdain's post on tomorrow's (Monday July 25) No Reservations show filmed in Naples - Travel Channel
Upcoming Food & Wine Festivals in Italy:
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:
Taste of Napoli - 15 Favorite Dishes for the Food Lover in Naples
Journey Through the Pastries of Naples
Pizza Lovers Odyssey in Naples
Food in Rome: Taste of Testaccio is Offal
Tasting Venice: Food Tour with Monica Cesarato
Eating My Way Through Venice: Cicchetti and Seafood Antipasto
Art of Making Pasta by Hand: A Pugliese Pasta Lesson with Nonna Vata
Eggplant Caponata and Sicilian Market Etiquette
Torta Setteveli - Seven Veils Cake from Palermo
Cacio e Pepe Pasta in a Parmigiana Bowl Inspired by Roma Sparita
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Thanks so much for including me in this list. I am loving all the other links - food, festivals and more.
Posted by: ciaochowlinda | July 24, 2011 at 04:51 PM
The grilled foods in the first photo had me drooling before I got any further. Another excellent post, Kathy.
Posted by: Paula | July 24, 2011 at 09:00 PM
Thanks a million for including me, Kathy!
Posted by: Katie Parla | July 25, 2011 at 12:20 AM
I'm so glad you liked the Risotto recipe! It's so simple but one of my favorite things to make and to eat... It just takes the right ingredients and patience. :) thanks, Kathy!
Posted by: Jeremy Parzen | July 25, 2011 at 07:54 AM
So many great festivals coming for the fall! I would love to go to the Sagra della Porchetta di Arricia or any of the fetes in Piemonte.. ahh, slow food! Thanks for this post & beautiful photos as always :)
Posted by: Tuula | July 25, 2011 at 11:43 AM
Thanks for the comments everyone.
Linda - You're welcome. I'm loving your Abruzzo recaps, all of them.
Paula - That grilled seafood dish is from Eataly. It was so good, I wanted another.
Katie - You're welcome. I know those 7 steps will be helpful to all Italy gelato goers.
Jeremy - Every time I look at the photo of that risotto, I want to make it, even when it's breakfast time.
Tuula - Go! Then I can live vicariously through you. However, I just might be able to make a few of those fall festivals...even Eurochocolate! I'm waiting & hoping for some good travel news.....!
Posted by: Kathy | July 26, 2011 at 06:57 AM