A simple Italian zucchini pasta recipe. Spaghetti alla Nerano was invented in the fifties by a woman called Maria Grazia in a restaurant bearing her name in Nerano a small town on the Sorrento peninsula. Apparently, the restaurant still exists and is being run by her grandchildren! Spaghetti alla Nerano and Stanley Tucci. This simple…
7 Italian homemade tomato sauce pasta recipes.
Nothing beats the taste of homemade tomato sauce, especially with fresh tomatoes in it. These 7 authentic Italian homemade tomato sauce pasta recipes include some delicious classic examples of how fresh tomato sauce is made in different parts of Italy and what kinds of pasta Italians serve it with. These recipes are for simple tomato…
Scotland May 2022: a photo diary
At the very end of May 2022, we completed another geological tour of Scotland. We took our group from Edinburgh, up to the Cairngorms, across...
England & Wales 2022
At the end of April 2022, we took a group on our new England & Wales geological tour. This all-encompassing tour offered guests the chance...
Chicken liver pasta with porcini mushrooms.
There are many Italian recipes for pasta with chicken livers but this one from the Marche region in Central Italy is outstanding! Chicken liver pasta with porcini is a rich and flavourful dish that dates back to the kitchens of Italy’s peasant population when the rural folk ate foods they could forage or produce themselves….