Last week I posted the recipe to one of my favorite cod recipes, brandacujùn (a Ligurian shift on brandade) promising to follow it up wi...

We Italians are great fans of fried fish, and little else will bring smiles quicker around the dinner table than a  fritto di paranza , a fr...

Eating piping hot fried mussels from a paper cone, while strolling down the street. You can't make this stuff up, it actually happens i...

Please read my 2018 update!   Not many gluten-free travelers realize that coeliacs exist in Italy too. The boot-shaped peninsula see...

Seadas, or Sebadas, are traditional cheese filled fritters particular to the island of Sardinia . They are the region's most famous d...

Image © PiccanteDolce Fried food. I can't get enough of it. Rome is big on fried things, and my favorite diet sin is ordering fritto...

I thought Rome held the record of most varied deep-fried foods. Then I learned about American state fairs. I found out that in Indiana they ...

L'infinito Sempre caro mi fu quest'ermo colle, e questa siepe, che da tanta parte dell'ultimo orizzonte il guardo esclu...

While forced to cope with capricious skin, summer crushes and wild hormonal hurricanes, my Positano teen posse and I would often sneak into ...

The pancake-thin chickpea flour fritter is a trademark of western Sicilian eating. To savor this dainty fried carb fest at its best, locals ...

Frittura mista – noun; Italian assorted fried platter, similar to Japanese tempura. A mixture of vegetables, herbs, meat, cheese and fish wh...