What is Risotto? Risotto is a rice dish cooked with broth (from meat, fish, or vegetables) until it reaches a creamy consistency. Most types of risotto contain butter, onion, white wine, and parmesan cheese. Who invented Risotto? Risotto was invented in northern Italy. The first identifiable recipe dates from 1809. It includes rice sautéed in […]
By Violeta Yonkova She stepped into the vessel cautiously, crossing from the muddy shore that she’d just managed to navigate down through thick vegetation to the wooden floor of the long narrowboat. The woman sat straight onto the landing separating the seats for ‘us’ the tourists from the driver’s space. Her feet – slightly muddy
What is Hummus? It’s a dip, spread or savoury dish made from cooked and mashed chickpeas blended with tahini (sesame paste), lemon juice and garlic. It is popular in the Middle East and the Mediterranean, as well as in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe. It can also be found in most grocery stores in North America and Europe. Who invented Hummus? Short
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After our successful post “Bialetti Moka Pot, the real Italian coffee“, which explains our favourite coffee maker, we present a much easier way of brewing coffee, the French press. What is a French press? A French press (also known as a cafetière, cafetière à piston, caffettiera a stantuffo, press pot, coffee press, or coffee plunger), is a coffee brewing device invented by two French
Belgian beers are well known around the World. Especially their Trappist beers (the ones marked with [T] below), which are brewed in monasteries following certain rules and standards. There are only 11 in the World (six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands and one each in Austria, Italy, and the United States), so their products
You would be surprised by the number of people who only drink instant or filtered coffee at home, although it is decreasing year by year. Personally, I don’t have a coffee machine, and I normally use the Moka Express. It has two key benefits: it does not need electricity or pods or capsules, and I
In Bordeaux, France, a submarine base has been turned into a museum. It will host one of the largest and most impressive digital art centres in the world. A new cultural space The brand new digital art centre is an enormous construction of 42,000 m² and almost 20 metres deep on the banks of the
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What can we do now if we cannot travel abroad? We’ve had a very productive remote session among some of the contributors to this blog and we came up with the following ideas and, more importantly, resources. The list of streaming services and resources in the Free Streaming Services section is updated often, please get
In these difficult and unprecedented times, when the travel industry is suffering like no other, we wanted to support Italy -the second most affected country in the World- by reminding ourselves and the readers how beautiful it is. I truly believe Italy is one of the most fascinating countries in the World. From its curious
