Tag: local dishes

• Real Puglian hospitality

  Not one to turn down a dinner invitation, I headed to the relatively unknown town of Villa Castelli, in the province of Brindisi, and went to a traditional trattoria, ‘Antichi Sapori’. My good friend and wine producer, Giuseppe Schiena had recommended the place, and told me that the owner, Cirone, is extremely passionate about locally […]

  Valerie Knott

  11/07/2015

  Food and Wine

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• Cooking like a local: Pugliese Style! – Fave

  To get the full effect of my crazy thought process whilst writing this week’s cookery blog, the next line needs to be sung in the style of a very famous Christmas carol ‘Tis the season ‘fare fave’, tra la, la la, la, la, la, la, la!’ OK, enough messing around! This week we’re cooking ‘Fave’ […]

  Valerie Knott

  22/05/2015

  Cooking like a local, Food and Wine

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• Cooking like a local – Pugliese Style!

  Being British we tend to steal recipes from around the world and adapt them according to our taste, thus making many foreign dishes Britishish! (Do you like the way I just created a new word there?!). We have done this with many Italian dishes too! Take lasagne for example, we tend to make a meaty […]

  Valerie Knott

  05/04/2015

  Cooking like a local, Culture and Traditions, Food and Wine

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