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We are Enrico + Laura, a 100% made in Italy duo living a life and a business carrier devoted to Italian Food. Welcome to our cozy virtual kitchen!

Consider us your new go-to BFF +Kitchen Coach when it comes to cooking Italian. Here to serve you, piping hot, all the insiders’ secrets! If you are looking for resources on Authentic Italian Food, look no further. We will be your recipe for success.

21/04/2021

Getting dinner ready here...we're having a second round of 'Risi e Bisi,' a Veneto traditional recipe about rice and spring peas (called as the name said, bisi, in Venetian dialect!).

It's a first-course Italians use to serve more liquid-ish than typical Italian risotto, in between a risotto (aka creamy texture) and a soup—a pure concentrate of fresh, spring-ish taste and energy.

And you, what's, are you up eating tonite friend?

20/04/2021

It is easy to say pasta, but not all brands, qualities, (prices), processes are the same.

However, some things are basic, which apply to every cooking every time you cook pasta.

If you, too, like us, are a pasta lover, stay tuned, follow on ... we are working on such tasty resources to help you master, or perfecting, the art of cooking Pasta Italian way.

What are some of the other things you see people should stop doing when cooking Pasta, Italian style?

Comment below; let's open up an honest talk!
@ Italy

19/04/2021

Do you ever finish a long day and you exhausted ask yourself “what did I even accomplish today?!”
(emoji) Double tap if you’ve ever felt that way!

If your brain has ever felt like it has too many tabs open, it’s likely because it does. 🤯

Batch working is our number one tip for overcoming the overwhelm and moving the needle forward both in business and in life.

While we do love to believe we can multitask, grouping like-minded task together allows us to see the bigger picture, stay focused in the flow and get things done faster and without errors.

Especially when it comes to weekly meals plan batch working (cooking all of them in once or at least planning the entire week’s dinners in a day left us free brain space, extremely helpful to tackle everyday challenges, while it helps us to keep a balanced and varied meals routine.

Post an “🎯” below if you would like to see our strategy to plan out easy, tasty weekly meals in more or less 20 minute flat!

17/04/2021

Dying to know (and working on something cool for you!) 👇🏼

Please share your thoughts and questions in the comments or DM us. We'll have a special gift for you soon!

'cause pasta + sauce seems just an oh-so-easy formula, right? WELL, it's not!

Let's be honest. It happens more often than you'd think to face a Pasta that isn't so satisfying as it should, right?

From a plate of overcooked pasta, not whipped to perfection or without taste, the problems can be really many, even for those who can consider themselves an expert.

Cooking a silky, tasty, and satisfying pasta dish is not as simple as it sounds, is it ?!

We’re coming at your back, currently working on tasty news for y’all Pasta Addicted.

But we want to make sure to help you as much as possible.

So please let us know what's your major pain point when cooking pasta:

😰 Your Pasta sticks together or gets mushy?
😰 Not sure when the cooking is done or how much to salt pasta water?
😰 Wondering how to get a creamier sauce or balance perfectly pasta and sauce to have a tasty but healthy dinner ready in a short time?
😰 Anything else???

We can't wait to hear from you. We don't judge here 😎!
Ciao, L+E.

13/04/2021

We believe the key to great Italian healthy and tasty meals, stress-free (yes, even when you'll come home super late from work!) lies all in a well-stocked pantry.

And we do not mean it needs to be packed with exotic and expensive ingredients, quite the opposite actually.

Our pantry contains the basics for healthy, easy-to-use
cooking by playing around with fresh herbs, vegetables, and a bit of creativity to create the magic.

We know that no two people in the world will agree on a list of must-have, go-to-ingredients to keep on hand most of the time, but this is the fundamental Italian Ingredients we (and you, we're sure!) can't live without.

📢 DM us if you want to receive the checklist to a well-stocked Italian Pantry. It's a good foundation, trust us!

❤ 🇮🇹 🇮🇹

12/04/2021

For us, this translates for sure in pushing our limits in the kitchen, Italian food speaking (had you doubts?!).

One of the 2021 goals is to lead us to a satisfying recipe of cannoli dough to prepare something similar (because getting too close would be impossible) to the ones we have at our beloved pastry chef Corrado Assenza's place in Noto Sicily.

Crispy, fragrant, and luscious. If you have ever been at 'Caffè Sicilia' you know how addictive Corrado's cannoli are (and the whole pastry menu, to be honest!).

✨Even if we have already rung ruinous batch number 7 (hey, don't judge, we are perfectionists!)... come rain or shine, we'll be there. Or well...so damn close! AKA dream big guys. Always.✨

👇 And what about you, which is your number one goal to achieve (in the kitchen or not) this year.
@ Italy

09/04/2021

Please tell me I'm not alone
It happens to you too to feel so extremely exhausted of everyday challenges to become super picky and madly crazy about little things that don't go as you want in life?

I know we are all fighting biggest challenges in our lives. Still, being a "seeking of a perfectionist" kinda girl this pandemic year is driving me mad, uncompromising, and stupidly mindful about such small nonsense things like scratching the steel stovetop, using a product that instead of removing the stain from the sofa it discolors it or removing glasses ruined by rinse aid from the dishwasher.

Sometimes I give up to stress, and tiredness and those small things became the "end of the world" to me and simply I'm not strong enough to focus instead on the whole picture: about how lucky I, we, are in our lives.

It's like I have no more tolerance or patience to handle small, non-essential - things...please, tell me sometimes it happens to you too. And that you have good tips to re-balance the vision to share...how do you let it go???????
It will be really appreciated. Thanks.

08/04/2021

Differences makes different cultures beautiful right?

Swipe through to find out 5 of the weirdness - that you will encounter in Italy not being a local.
Comment below if you have a good story too about your last trip to Italy.

Follow along if you want to master the authentic Italian Food (and Culture). We've got your back!
🇮🇹 ❤️ @ Italy

30/03/2021

Ciao, that's me: Enrico here!

Probably we didn't meet yet officially. Laura is for sure more the voice of while I'm more the behind the scene - recipes developer - guy.

Cooking is really my kind of thing. Seriously I can not remember any day of my life spent without cooking. I mean, really any day!

And I’m talking about Italian food, of course. So please don’t rely on me for exotic or ethnic food. (40+ years old, I'm still struggling to get the perfect tempura!)

My childhood's first memory was of me, a blond child around 6, cooking a strudel for his parents. And from there, cooking for my family, friends, enrolling in the Slow Food University (master in Italian Food if you had doubts!), then embracing a corporate career next to three Michelin starred chef-genius and now running my deli-grocery-boutique restaurant

I jumped on here to say hi, ciao, and remember that I’m always available to help if you have any doubts or desires about Italian Food or recipes.

Just DM us or leave a comment below if you are curious about something particular or struggling with anything Italian Food related.

Like Laura, I'm here to support you grow into mastering authentic Italian cooking.

23/03/2021

Hello Roma. It’s so nice see u again.

After 7 months of smartworking and no trips at all it’s so life breathing boarding on a plane and strolling around with your luggage.

Even if I’m here for work. Even if is still in and so all my faves restaurants and grocery shops are closed I feel blessed to have this chance to walk around in an complete uncrowded. It seems all the beauty is here for me (and u!).

Come with me in the stories and please let me know if u want to visit a special place.

🇮🇹

16/03/2021

How to buy quality Italian EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL?

The truth is that it is difficult. Any label, any certification can assure you of the quality of the oil you're buying. Taste it before buy would be the best, but it's not so easy to find a vendor with a tasting corner, right?

And since it's a pretty expensive thing ... better - at least - know how to recognize from the label a good quality EVO (extra virgin oil).

Swipe to see what can help you distinguish an authentic Top Quality one and FYI: don't trust a cheap Extra Virgin Olive oil!

Save this for your next grocery Italian shopping!
@ Italy

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