Tagliatelle are a type of fresh egg pasta, known worldwide and particularly famous in the Emilia-Romagna region, their territory of origin. Their birth is surrounded by mystery and legend and as often happens, behind the secret of their origin lies a...
True Italian Pizza Week 2023: Das meisterwartete Event im ganzen Deutschland steht an der Tür! Vom 14. bis 20. September 2023 feiern die besten Pizzerien Deutschlands das Symbol der echten italienischen Tradition: PIZZA. Die vierte Veranstaltung der True Italian Pizza...
Ferragosto is a ‘sacred’ date, a day when all work stops and Italians take a break. But we know that not all foreign countries honour this day, which falls on the 15th of the month, as it is a holiday that was first imposed by the ancient Romans and then...
The Pistachio Street Food Festival 2023 is back with its third edition, celebrating the green gold loved all over the world! Pistachio lovers, are you ready? The Pistachio Street Food Festival returns to Berlin with its third edition, for a weekend dedicated to...
True Italian returns with a photo and video contest for the fifth edition of the Italian Street Food Festival and offers a stay in Palermo as a reward. The Italian Street Food Festival is finally back for its fifth edition. On Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 June 2023...
The most romantic day of the year is approaching! February 14th is universally known as the day of love, an occasion for people to come together with their partners to celebrate their relationships among heart-shaped chocolates and flowers. You might ask, why...
Let’s find out together some Italian recipes with which you can best start January in a plant-based way The New Year kicks off with a long list of resolutions, that after several postponements one would finally like to start! Is one of yours doing something good...
Bar Internazionale team is ready to greet you from lunch to dinner with a wide selection of dishes from all over Italy. Pizza, pasta, and others Italian delicacies are waiting for you to taste in this central located restaurant. Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße 31, 10178 Berlin...
True Italian Food News: cosa non perderti questa settimana! Come ogni settimana, con l’avvicinarsi del fine settimana arriva anche il momento delle nostre amate True Italian Food News. Anche questo weekend, Berlino offre alcune gustose specialità, che abbiamo...
True Italian Food News: tutti i must per il weekend! Come ogni settimana, è arrivato il momento delle nostre amate True Italian Food News. Anche questo fine settimana Berlino ha in serbo alcune golose novità, che abbiamo raccolto per voi. Non perdete l’occasione...
True Italian Food News: our must-go for the weekend! This week draws to an end and, just like every week, the weekend means it’s time for our beloved Food News. Waiting for the Pistachio Street Food Festival, which will take place next weekend, discover all the...
The delights of Puglia In the south of Italy, on the shores of a crystal sea, there is Puglia, a region extraordinarily rich in culture and ancient traditions. The local cuisine is just like that: extraordinary, rich and made up of recipes that have been handed down...
From Sicily, one of the most delicious dessert you can taste Sicilian pastry is among the best and the most renowned all over the world, and rightfully so. On this island of absolute sweetness, cannoli is one of the undisputed symbols of a tradition as old as time....
All about Tiramisu It’s famous, loved and imitated all over the world. Tiramisu is a real superstar, but perhaps not everyone knows the origins of this delicious Italian dessert. Also, the reason for its rather peculiar name, which literally translates as lift...
Spring is coming and all this food news are getting us excited, let’s enjoy them! A new queer brunch experience Orlando food berlin is doing a new brunch experience: Thirsty Omnivores is a new, queer and all-inclusive brunch for the Berlin LGBTQ+ community. Come...
Are you ready to discover how many types of mozzarella exist in Italy? To begin with, let’s say mozzarella is a creation of southern Italy and it owes its name to the operation of “mozzatura” (divide/cut) done in order to separate the cheese dough...
A typical Italian specialty could only inspire the wildest imagination Radiators, wheels, flying UFO, snails, spaccatelle, lilies, rooster crests, candles, curly lasagna, Vesuvius. No, this is not a joke, these are 10 names of real pasta shapes. Looking at the shelves...
Il sole splende, i Berlinesi rispondono: la nostra settimana #trueitalian è appena cominciata! Il bel tempo ci ha accompagnato per tutta la settimana e speriamo che sia il primo segnale che la primavera a Berlino stia finalmente arrivando. Stare a casa con questo sole...
A masterly balance of flavors In Campania making vegetables more appetizing is an art. Zucchini alla scapece – one of the cult dishes of Neapolitan cuisine – are fried zucchini marinated in white wine vinegar and seasoned with mint. A side dish with an...
Eating in breathtaking, weird and fun places makes food even more interesting Dining at a restaurant is definitely one of the most enjoyable activities you can do, in company, as a couple, as a family. Sharing a meal, especially for the Italian culture is a...
From poor origins to queen of Sundays, not to be missed during your next trip to Milan Here is a truly special dish, born of the peasant tradition of seasoning savoy cabbage with the less noble cuts of pork. Typically eaten on Sundays, accompanied by polenta, it has...
A very special kind of cheese A drunk cheese is a type of cheese with a strong and aromatic flavour, sweetly spicy and with a unique grape aftertaste. Immediately recognizable for its dark red crust, made smooth by the time spent in the wine. The colour of...
A biscuit disputed by two regions Brutti ma Buoni (ugly but good), also known as “brutti e buoni” or “brut e bon”, in Piedmontese dialect: these are the classic irregularly shaped hazelnut sweets we all know. These are sweets of disputed...
Bud Spencer and the immediate correlation to the black skillet full of beans and the loaf of bread Many of the dishes shown in the various movies in which Bud Spencer and Terence Hill acted, show a plenty of choices, and when you start to watch their movies you never...
Some curiosities about liquorice Liquorice is a plant native to south-western Asia and the Mediterranean region. It is a frost-resistant herbaceous species, which mainly grows in southern Europe in calcareous and/or clayey soils. Liquorice is one of the most important...
An exceptional pasta sauce from southern Italy What is the best way to season pasta? This is a tricky question, and unfortunately there is not a unique and universal answer. Nonetheless, if you are looking for a new sauce to add a magic flavour to your pasta, what...
Cantucci are the most loved and well-known Italian biscuits Cantucci (Cantuccini) also known as “Biscotti di Prato” are typical sweets of traditional Tuscan cuisine, very crunchy and scented. They are dry biscuits with almonds, obtained by cutting slices...
Let’s discover a different version of Neapolitan Pizza Napoli offers a plenty of tasty dishes full of history and one of them is pizza fritta (fried Pizza). If you try to pronounce its name you can even hear the hot oil crackling from the pot! This kind of...
There’s who bought it with Bitcoins, who delivers it by plane, and who spent even €8,300 for it. Pizza is a serious affair, a dish rich in history as well as full of anecdotes. Here are some funny stories about pizza that you probably didn’t know. 1. Who does...
Berlin, get ready for an exciting True Italian week! Berlin never stops and so do we. Once again we bring you all the latest food news in the city. Weekend Aperitivo – The Winery got you covered. The ‘power couple’ Zerostress Kreuzberg X the Winery...
Discover a special stew from Gubbio, Umbria The origins of this stew lay in Umbria: according to the tradition, it comes from the town of Gubbio, as the name Friccò all’Eugubina suggests. It is a stew composed by various kinds of meat: in the recipe we suggest...
The history of the most ancient Jewish community of Europe In Rome you can find the most ancient Jewish community of Europe, present in the city since the II century b.C. According to the book of Maccabees the relationship between the Roman Republic and the Jewish...
Baccalà e Peperoni Cruschi is still a niche specialty that combines an easy preparation with a great taste Baccalà e Peperoni Cruschi is the perfect choice for anyone who is interested in more niche specialties from the rich Italian repertoire. It is typical of the...
All the best heads-up for the week ahead in Berlin in another edition of the True Italian Food News Christmas is right around the corner, and before officially wishing you all the best for this upcoming Holiday season, we have another True Italian Food News edition...
The perfect Christmas cookies “Mostaccioli” (or mustacciuoli) are diamond-shaped, spiced cookies covered in chocolate icing, eaten during Christmas time and popular in centre and southern Italy. These cookies are traditionally prepared from December...
An event planned by Antonio Giaccoli The event took place on the 8th and 9th of November and was planned by Antonio Giaccoli’s “Accademia Nazionale Pizza DOC”. “The 7th edition was the outcome of what we have been doing for years in the pizza world. I didn’t want to...
Mix few simple ingredients and you will get a traditional sweet dessert Tozzetti are one of the most famous sweets of Umbrian tradition. Made with simple ingredients they are famous all over Europe for their sweetness and crunchiness. Loved by young and adults alike,...
Two culinary delights from Veneto All around Italy you can try many different types of focaccias, all of which will surprise you with amazing flavours and textures. This time we want to bring you on a culinary journey to Veneto, a region in Northern Italy, to...
From pauper cuisine to esteemed dish in restaurants Cjarsons ara typical dish from the Friulian cuisine. To be more precise, they come from the alpine region of Carnia, but they can be found in the Friulian plain too. Similar to ravioli, they are made of a dough of...
Ribollita is one of the most well-known dishes of the Tuscan culinary tradition Nowadays, this recipe is the symbol of family traditions and of the local customs, extremely popular during the winter months in Italy. Ribollita is a a hot and tasty first course: a soup...
Less than two weeks to the beginning of the True Italian Pasta Week! Are you ready to taste the best pasta around Berlin? From the 22nd to the 28th of November, each participating restaurant will present two original recipes of the typical Italian cuisine, offering a...
Born as a meal for the poor, pasta e patate quickly became one of the most beloved and imitated dishes of the Neapolitan cuisine Naples is world-famous for being the land of pizza, but few people are aware of the huge amount of minor but delicious dishes coming from...
You may know it as cornmeal, but if you want to try the actual Italian dish you should call it Polenta Feeling cold and hungry? Polenta is here just for you! It is ideal to have a satisfying lunch at a mountain hut or to share a homemade meal with your loved ones or...
The perfect recipe for autumn Sundays Pumpkin is widely used in Italian cuisine: pumpkin cake, baked pumpkin, pumpkin risotto… Today introduce you Gnocchi di Zucca (Pumpkin gnocchi), a variation of traditional gnocchi. The perfect handmade first course for your...
An ancient street food from Central Italy The “piadina romagnola” or “piada romagnola” it’s a simple ancient street food from Emilia Romangna, made with wheat flour, lard or olive oil, baking soda or yeast, salt and water. It was traditionally cooked on a clay pan...
A delicious Italian masterpiece Teste di moro, or mallomars, as they’re best known worldwide, find their origins in Naples and they are basically chocolate pralines with a tender sponge-cake centre, softened with liqueur and usually covered with icing and chocolate...
Auro Facciola claimed his spot at Forster Str. 5 in 2014, guaranteeing the people of Kreuzberg would have the possibility of enjoying their best Italian experience. From Piedmonte, Auro is an Italian by heart, accent, and passion. In over 10 years in Germany, he...
Traditional dish from the Friulian region In the Italian region Friuli – Venezia Giulia an unique dish is known and appreciated by all: it is the so-called frico, a little pie of potatoes and cheese. It is known for the crunchy crust on the outside and the soft heart...
Branda… What? This funny word is not a curious tongue-twister, but it is the name of a typical (and delicious!) dish from the Italian region Liguria. Usually served as appetizer on toasted bread, it is composed by 5 different ingredients: the main one is...
One of the richest regions in culinary traditions and typical products in Italy: Lombardy Due to the historical past of its territory, and also to the variety of the landscape, the region of Lombardy has a very mixed culinary tradition. We can say that the cuisine of...
