Cured meats from West Lombardy The plains of Lombardy are an ideal location to raise cattle, so beef has…

Cheeses from West Lombardy
Cheeses from West Lombardy Lombardy, as we seen in the first part of our journey, is the most populous and…

Milano and West Lombardy – Day 1
Milano and West Lombardy - Day 1 If you've already decided to visit Italy in 2015 but you're not sure where…

Panzerotto pugliese
I got the inspiration to write this post of Tigellae’s Street food school yesterday, by looking at a very bright…

8 Funny Italian sayings about food
Got pears with your cheese? By now I'm sure you can imagine how important food is to Italians and…

Arancini siciliani
Our Street food school continues with the most famous and widely available Sicilian street food: the arancino (plur. arancini). For…

Bread in Italy: spoilt for choice
Bread in Italy: spoilt for choice In this section of the Tigellae blog (Know your dough – Natural yeast and…

How we got our Vanstaurant
How we got our Vanstaurant This is one of the first chapters in our Tigellae story and begins back…

10 Best Italian hidden gems of the North
10 Best Italian hidden gems of the North Italy provides an amazingly diverse travel experience – no wonder it’s a…

Focaccia genovese
Focaccia Some food historians consider focaccia even more ancient than bread itself. I think they might be right, as…