Mario's Italian Kitchen

Lillo the Sicilian makes his living from driving a van filled with local produce from his home town just outside Palermo to the north of It...

My good friend Sandro Rizzi shares a sarcastic sense of humour – something of a rarity in Italian society. In the heat of a good-spirited de...

I was invited by a friend to eat horsemeat over the weekend. Although the idea arouses distaste and criticism for many in English-speaking c...

  Ragù alla bolognese is traditionally served with fresh egg tagliatelle (not, as some would have it, spaghetti)! The secret to a good ra...

  On the 17 th of October 1982 Bologna’s Chamber of Commerce agreed and recorded the official recipe for Ragù alla Bolognese. It marked t...

Tomorrow marks the 5 th edition of International Day of Italian Cuisine. For the past 5 years the 17 th of January has been set aside to c...

  I took the family to the local pizzeria last night. The pizzaiolo , who’s become a good friend over the years, set my sons to work. For t...