Les Mendiants – traditional French chocolate disks topped with nuts, dried fruits. Each ingredient represented one of the four monastic orders and the colours referred to the robe colours. Tradition…
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Les Mendiants – traditional French chocolate disks topped with nuts, dried fruits. Each ingredient represented one of the four monastic orders and the colours referred to the robe colours. Tradition…
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One of the main traditions originating in southern Italy on Christmas Eve is having a meatless meal but with an abundance of fish. This celebration is called the Feast of…
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Panforte – a traditional Italian dessert originating in Siena (Tuscany). The texture is similar to a Florentine; chewy and contains fruits and nuts but much thicker and larger. Panforte means…
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Bûche de Noël also known as Yule log, is a traditional dessert served during Christmas time. It’s made of sponge cake usually a genoise covered with a chocolate buttercream and…
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Gli aggettivi di personalità – Learn a few new adjectives describing one’s personality. We use adjectives all the time every single day. Adjectives are extremely important to be able to distinguish things. The…
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Petto d’anatra all’arancia – the duck breast with orange sauce originates from Florence. It was then introduced to France when Caterina de Medici married Henry II. This dish is very…
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Les adjectifs de personnalité – Learn a few new adjectives describing one’s personality. We use adjectives all the time every single day. These words are extremely important to be able to…
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Bœuf en croûte also know as beef wellington is a dish consisting of beef tenderloins wrapped in puff pastry along with chopped cooked mushrooms. Welcome to the month of December…
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Il presente indicativo irregolare – A second lesson on the present tense in Italian. In this lesson, you will find a revision of the regular verbs and the rules of the…