A biscuit with history. No such thing as a simple ' Amaretto ', this little brown biscuit comes packed with a past, it's fought battles...

Panettone's star partner Star-shaped and golden, this traditional, Italian Christmas cake has it's official origins in Verona but long before October 1894 'Breads of Gold' were found all over Italy: In Venice , 1500, during the Republic of Serenissima's reign, gold leaf was used to cover the most decadent of delicacies including a conical cake named 'Bread of Gold' - Pan de Oro . In Rome , 200AD, Pliny the Elder wrote of a recipe by Chef Vergilius Stephanus Senex - ' panis '

Serenely potent. Modena may be a small city in comparison, 175 000 residents, but the stretched piazze and wide pedestrian streets pack a...

Italy's Alpine comfort food. While researching the history of Trentino Alto Adige's classic bread-based dumplings, what do we come across...

We all love Aperol, but what about the Campari Spritz? While writing this blog, many inspirational people come to mind - people who've...