It's only a few days before Christmas, so what’s better than a list of the most traditional foods of Bolognese cuisine for these holidays? The list of foods on Bologna’s tables may be quite long because every family has its own traditions and recipes.​These are my 5 favorite foods that have represented my Christmas holidays for almost 28 years. Tortellini in brodo The most traditional past

Everybody knows it, everybody around the world eats it but here in Bologna a few restaurants offer it and it's better to stay away from them.Spaghetti bolognese (or bolognaise sauce) is probably the most popular not-bolognese pasta.So I put it on trial, to discover the origins of this dish and to determine if it has the right to exist. The charges: it's not from Bologna, Bolognesi don't eat

Life through beers? You start at 15 with a Bud and get drunk at 20 with a Weisse. At 25 you find out that Guinness is not that bitter. Around 30 you go deep inside the beautiful world of microbrewery. Bologna has never been a city for beer lovers, but over the last few years, I've been witness to an explosion of microbreweries working with passion. ​Here are my 5 favorite craft beers produced i

When I was a child, my grandfather would dunk stale bread in meat broth and eat it like pasta. Bologna's bread is still the same: crunchy and dark on the outside, soft and white on the inside.​Spiders and crosses stand for the most common bread shapes, but honestly, I'm not mad about the typical ones. ​If you're looking for homemade bread that will last more than one day, wholemeal and selecte

I'm not a huge fan of takeaway or delivery, partially because I love cooking and also because in Italy it's usually synonymous with junk or low-quality food. But sometimes that's not true and you can find a few great places in Bologna to bring home a great dinner. These are my best choices. Pizza MasanielloOpened just a week ago, it's the first "ethical pizza" in town: all the ingredients are