First week of August, and even though it feels as if everyone in Italy has gone to the beach, this week's Italy on a Plate is full of both great summer recipes and food stories. Starting with dessert first, we have Italian doughnuts (bombolini). Other recipes include Umbrian cheese bread, a pizza with potato & artichokes, 4 light pasta dishes, and chocolate (or cocoa) gnocchi!!!
It seems like the country has gone gelato mad these last couple of weeks with best gelato posts galore. This week is no different. In Eating Italy we have two "best of" lists for gelato in Rome and one naming the best 25 in all of Italy. Along with gelato, the Divina Cucina celebrates her 500th post with a book giveaway. (Head over there by August 10 to enter.) You'll also read about anchovies in Liguria, where to find seafood in Rome, more on where to eat in Rome in August, food & wine in Puglia, Campania and Trieste, pizza in Le Marche, and even a shout out to Food Lover's Odyssey and other Italy food and wine blogs.
For those traveling to Italy in the Fall, the Italy Food and Wine Festivals section is filled with many Fall festivals you can attend. If you are in Italy now, this Wednesday, August 10, be sure to find a Calice di Stelle wine event happening in many cities throughout the bel paese. Enjoy and Buon Appetito!
My Choices for Top 10 Italian Food Recipes from Around the Web:
Crescia ~ Umbrian Cheese Bread - Italian Food Forever
Pizza Patate e Carciofi (Potato and Artichoke Pizza) - The Artichoke Blog
Pasta allo Scorfano (Scorpion Fish Pasta) - Italy Magazine
White Lasagna with Zucchini - Lasagna with Bechamel Sauce and Zucchini - Madonna del Piatto
Pasta with Zucchini and Pancetta Inspired by the Alban Hills - Ciao Chow Linda
Cocoa Gnocchi with Mascarpone and Walnut Sauce - Manu's Menu
Fresh Vegetarian Lasagna - Jul's Kitchen
Buglione from Tuscany - Vegetable Stew - Tuscanycious
Cornetto Stuffed Peppers from Abruzzo - Life in Abruzzo
Bomboloni alla Crema: Krapfen (Italian Pastry Cream-filled doughnuts) - La Mia Vita Dolce
Eating Italy:
Pigging Out Tuscan Style: Porchetta - Judy celebrates her 500th post with porchetta and a book giveaway - Over a Tuscan Stove
Strictly Seafood - Seafood Restaurants in Rome - Eleonora for The American in Italia
Le 25 Gelaterie Artigianali Migliori d'Italia (The 25 Best Artisan Gelato Shops in Italy) - Dissapore (in Italian) - Even in Italian, the addresses are helpful. And, if you read Italian or take the time to use a translator, the comments are as great as the article.
Gelato a Roma: The Best of - Puntarella Rossa
The Best Chill - Gelato in Rome "where [gelato makers] take their work seriously and you can count of fresh ingredients." - The American in Italia
Tomato-mania in Bari - Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
When Rome Shuts Down in August, Where to Eat - Katie Parla for The New York Times
Uno, Due, Tre at the Flying Truffle - Gelato in the Lecco/Como area - Rubber Slippers in Italy
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG Emerges into the Limelight it Deserves - Charles Scicolone on Wine
Tarallucci e Vino: An Attempt at Documenting a Proverb - DoBianchi
What I Brought Back from Italy: Food & Recipes, Photos, Memories and More - Gorgeous and mouth-watering photos from Southern Italy - Z Tasty Life
Pizza Night in the Italian Countryside - Sophie's World
Grape Harvest Off to an Early Start - ANSA
Anchovies in Liguria - Little Paradiso
Exploring Trieste, Italy - Everything the city has to offer, including its food - Travel and Leisure
Franciacorta Wine Region Introduction - The Travel Editor
Brunello: Losing Our Heritage? - Snooth
5 Best Italy-Based Food and Wine Blogs - Wow! Very honored that Food Lover's Odyssey is included in great company with 4 other fabulous blogs - Thanks! Mignon Potenza
Upcoming Food and Wine Festivals in Italy:
Calice di Stelle Si Fa in Tre - August 6, 10 & 13 - In Puglia, the yearly wine tasting event happens three times in 3 cities - Otranto (Aug 6), Trani (Aug 10), and Galatina (Aug 13)
Calice di Stelle - On or around August 10 - Throughout Italy, the 14th annual Calice di Stelle wine event celebrated in conjunction with "The Night of San Lorenzo" - This year there will also be a special celebration in honor of Italy's 150 years of unification. (The link gives information on each city hosting events throughout Italy)
Sagre del Panigaccio - August 12 to 21 - Tuscan Flatbread Festival in Villafranca in the Lunigiana-Massa Carrara area of Tuscany
Wild Boar Festival - August 26 to September 11 - Porto Ercole in Grosseto
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
Mortadella, Please - September 30 - October 2 - Bologna and Zola Predosa celebrate the Mortadella International Festival and other local food and wines (Here is Information about the festival in English)
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
November Porc - Every Weekend in November - The Strada del Culatello di Zibello Association hosts events in the area of Emilia-Romagna to celebrate cured meats of the area. Each weekend there will be some type of salami competition (the biggest, the heaviest, the longest, the "biggest chocolate") in a different city along with food stands, street markets and other entertainment
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
Wine and Food Festivals in Emilia-Romagna - Autumn 2011 - A list, with links, to man of the food and wine events in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy
Events in Tuscany - Site listing many events throughout Tuscany, and not only food and wine
Related Posts:
My 7 Greatest "Hits" in Food and Travel
My Last Meal: Preparing for the End of the World
Journey Through the Pastries of Napoli
Caramel Gelato and Favorite Gelaterie in Rome
Seven Sensational Gelaterie in Turin - After Over 100 Scoops
Eggplant Caponata Recipe and Sicilian Market Etiquette
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Wow - so many links! This one is going to take all week to plough through. The gelato looks so good right now. As always, the gnocchi are my faves :-)
Posted by: Paula | August 07, 2011 at 05:26 PM
Thank you so much for featuring my recipe!! So honoured! I am really glad you liked my cocoa gnocchi! :-)
Posted by: Manu | August 07, 2011 at 07:59 PM
great post...lots of good links and info to check out. thanks.
Posted by: Louis Coluccio Jr. | August 08, 2011 at 01:36 PM
Thanks Kathy for including me! As always, lots of great info and links. - Kate
Posted by: Kate Little | August 09, 2011 at 02:55 AM