All you need to know about Grana Padano & Some Tips and Tricks

All you need to know about Grana Padano & Some Tips and Tricks

All you need to know about Grana Padano and the difference from Parmigiano Reggiano… While Parmigiano Reggiano proudly carries the title of the King of Cheeses, I would like to tell you a bit about my absolute favorite in hard cheeses, the Grana Padano or as I...
Paolo Macchi preparing a plate with Parmigiano Reggiano

Paolo Macchi preparing a plate with Parmigiano Reggiano

I have, since I started writing about or products, been looking forward to talking about this weeks product. It is a product that we all have used or consumed and some just can’t have a pasta plate without it! This product would amongst stone be considered as...
All you need to know about Parmigiano Reggiano

All you need to know about Parmigiano Reggiano

Everyone might not be able to pronounce the name but we have all at one point in time somehow sampled it: ‘King of cheeses’ – The Parmigiano Reggiano -. Parmigianno Reggiano D.O.P. – Picture taken by Montreal photographer Vadim Daniel...
FIERA INTERNATIONALE DEL TARTUFO BIANCO D’ALBA

FIERA INTERNATIONALE DEL TARTUFO BIANCO D’ALBA

Last year in October Paolo and I went to visit the “The 79th International White Alba Truffle Fair”. It was a dream come true and also a necessity, we had to make sure that the quality that we were paying for ( Extras ) was really what we were getting and...
Truffle Oil Web Recipes

Truffle Oil Web Recipes

It was pretty hard for me to find exciting recipes on the web using truffle oil. I am not sure why. Is it the fact that my google search skills are not that great? Or maybe the food websites and bloggers that I usually follow are not very interested in using truffle...
Truffle Oil Chef's Take

Truffle Oil Chef's Take

Italian cooking has for many apparent reasons always been very mainstream because of its simplicity, meaning that the ingredient are very common ones and known by most of us. It has been argued and still is by many, that when traditionally prepared in a restaurant...