Spring is here and this week's Italian food roundup certainly reflects the light and fresh flavors of the season. There are spring risotto dishes, pasta with pistacchio pesto from Sicily, stuffed artichokes, and sea bass from Napoli. I found two uniquely shaped pastas and the recipes to make them. Both come from different places in Italy, one from Sardinia and the other from Piacenza, but look exactly alike. They have different names and different fillings. In Eating Italy there's chocolate egg making in Perugia! That's not all; there are sweets in Rome, a culinary journey in Sicily, food in Florence, Verona and the Lunigiana, the World Pesto Championship in Genova, hiking and wine tasting in Chianti and more. Enjoy & Buon Appetito!
My Choice for This Week's Top 10 Italian Food Recipes:
Risotto Primavera - Memorie di Angelina
Zucchini Flower and Saffron Risotto in a Parmigiano Reggiano Basket - Manu's Menu
Culurgiones - Sardinian Ravioli - Aglio, Olio & Peperoncino
Tortelli Piacenti - Ciao Chow Linda
Carrot & Potato Gnocchi - Italian Food Forever
A Delicious Spring Pasta: Bronte's Pistachio Pesto with Speck - The Sicilian Cuisine Blog
Spigola al Forno (Baked Sea Bass) - Cooking with Giuseppe in Naples - Napoli Unplugged
Stuffed Artichokes - Scordo
Triple Lemon Baba Cake and the Amalfi Coast - Desserts for Breakfast
Zaletti (Gialletti di Artusi I): Novel Food #15 - Briciole
Eating Italy:
Perugina Chocolate School (or How to Get Your Sons to do Anything at All) - Rebecca for Umbria on the Blog
How to Eat Like the Veronese - Matching Food & Wine
Wines of Italy Series: Goretti-Wine & Winetherapy - Come for the Wine
Angelo Gaja's State of the Union Address: The Winery Next Door Isn't an Enemy - Dobianchi
Artichoke Festivals in Italy - Slow Italy
Edible Florence - La Cucina del Garga - Over a Tuscan Stove
Pontremoli for Slow Foodies - Ciao Lunigiana
Seeing and Believing in Sicily, Part 6: A Favorite Volcano and the Journey's End - Faith Willinger for La Cucina Italiana
Cooking Under the Tuscan Sun - On Frances Mayes new cookbook and there are also a great collection of translations from the Italian kitchen - Becoming Italian Word by Word
Hiking and Wine Tasting in Chianti - Italy Chronicles
Sweet Treats Near Circo Massimo - Browsing Rome
The 4th Pesto Championship - Genova - Beautiful Liguria
Florence Gelato Tour - The Purple Foodie
Upcoming Food & Wine Festivals in Italy:
VinItaly - March 25 to 28, 2012 - Verona - Italy's largest wine exposition
Sagra del Carciofo Romanesco - April 13 to 15 - Ladispoli outside of Rome, celebrates the 62nd Roman Artichoke festival (Information about the artichoke festival in English)
Le Strade della Mozzarella - May 7,8, and 9 - Paestum - Celebrating mozzarella di bufala and other food and wine of the region. Check the program for details (in Italian)
Wine in the City - May 16 to 19 - Naples - Throughout the city wine will be the focus of this event, where there will be wine to taste
Vitigno Italia - May 20 to 22 - Naples - 8th Annual Wine Festival in Naples at the Castel dell' Ovo
Firenze Gelato Festival - May 23 to 27 - Florence - The piazzas and streets of Florence will be filled with gelato stands and gelato!
Festa Artusiana - June 16 to 24 - Forlimpopli - A gastronomic festival to celebrate Pellegrino Artusi, author of the first Italian cookbook, in his home town in the Emilia-Romagna region
Melodia del Vino - June 27 to July 7 - Various locations in Tuscany - Where Tuscan wines and classical music meet
Events in Tuscany - Site listing many events throughout Tuscany, and not only food and wine
Events in the Langhe area of Piedmont - Site from the Alba Tourist office listing many festivals, mostly wine & food, happening in the Langhe area of Piedmont
Join me on a Food & Wine Lover's Culinary Journey Through Puglia!
Related Posts:
Italy on a Plate - The Week in Italian Food: March 18, 2012
The Art of Making Pasta by Hand - A Pugliese Pasta Lesson with Nonna Vata
Pugliese Pasta: Sagne Ncannulate con Sugo Schiattariciati
Pasta alla Genovese and Other Classic Neapolitan Sauces at Citta del Gusto
Eggplant Caponata and Sicilian Market Etiquette
Eurochocolate in Perugia - Italy's Biggest Chocolate Festival
Scenes from CioccolaTo - Chocolate Festival in Turin
Twist on a Venetian Spritz and Embracing Italian Culture
Five Favorite Food Words in Italian
Good Eats and Good Views in Taormina
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I thought spring was here and then the storm that arrived Friday night erased those thoughts. However, the Farmers' Market speaks of spring. Love all the photos. Thank you!
Posted by: Simona | March 25, 2012 at 01:20 PM
Thanks for including me among this great company of bloggers.
Posted by: Ciaochowlinda | March 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM