Our last day/evening in Italy was spent in the city of Milan. The bulk of the day was spent at the Expo Milano 2015. The Expo was actually the latest world’s fair, with a focus entirely on food. There was 1.1 million square meters of exhibition space, and 145 participating countries. The fair ran for six-months and was probably the largest…
If you’ve been reading my series of posts about Italy, you already know I’ve been sharing photos and recipes somewhat out of chronological order from my actual trip. (Sorry!) But todays post actually picks up where the last one left off! As I mentioned in Homemade Pasta 1010: Tortellini + Bologna, after visiting Hombre Farms,…
So, Bologna! Tortellini! Parmigiano Reggiano! Bologna was actually the city my plane landed in. (Sorry, I’m doing this Italy trip stuff all out of order.) It was all little harried, and unfortunately I didn’t get to stay long in the city. (Who couldn’t go for more time in the city that invented Ragù Bolognese?) I…
The Enzo Ferrari Museum has hit on the perfect combination: fast cars and an amazing lunch. The museum, located just outside Modena, Italy, is a must see stop for any car enthusiast traveling in the area. Though smaller then its counterpart in Maranello, most visitors take about an hour to make their way through the exhibit. The…
I’m not trying to scare anyone off from trying their hand at homemade pasta; but I’m not going to lie to you either. Homemade pasta is time consuming, it requires some patience to master and some elbow grease (even if you use a stand mixer and electric roller). You probably will not end up with enough *good*…
People across the world, but especially in the United States, have shown an increased interest in how their food is produced. Along with this, new foodie-themed travel has become all the rage, and why not? What better way to learn about a new country then by tasting its food? One offshoot of foodie travel, agritourism (a…
Meet Michelin-starred Chef Matteo Vigotti, the executive chef of Peck and the man behind the official restaurant of the Italian pavilion at Expo Milano 2015. Vigotti has a reputation for creating sophisticated Italian food, but innovation in the kitchen is also very important to him. This might not be so notable in America or Canada,…
It’s time to talk wine my friends! As I mentioned briefly in my Italy Photo Grid post, I spent part of a day and an overnight in Italian Wine Country. More specifically I got to visit Castello Luzzano (check out this website, it’s beautiful!). That translates into Luzzano Castle in case you were wondering.
Welcome to Expo Milano 2015, the latest world’s fair focused entirely on food. With 1.1 million square meters of exhibition space, 145 participating countries, and an anticipated draw of 20 million visitors over its six-month run time, Expo Milano 2015 is probably the largest food event in history. The Expo’s theme is “Feeding the Planet,…
Highly anticipated around the world, this year’s Expo Milano 2015 is most certainly one of the largest food events in history. Centered on themes of sustainability and feeding the worlds’s growing population in the future, this world’s fair hopes to bring new technologies and ideas about food to the forefront of the world’s attention. Participating countries have…
I thought I’d start off my posts from Italy with a brief over view of my trip and a big ole’ bunch of photos, because, hello, photos of Italy are awesome. I am a little disappointed, because my photos didn’t turn out as well as I’d hoped. Unfortunately, I decided to test a new, very…