Apr
28
La Festa della Sparasina
April 28, 2008 | 2 Comments
Every year in Pigozzo, a small village about 10 kilometres from Verona, they celebrate the Festa della sparasina, the Wild Asparagus Festival. Sparasina is the word in dialect for Asparagus Acutifolius from the family of Liliaceae. These wild asparagus grow spontaneously in the woods and close to rivers between April and May, and it’s in [...]
Apr
16
Echoes of winter: Mostarda
April 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
It’s spring, warm weather, flowers blooming or at least I thought it was spring. In the last few days it has been cold again so I decided to allow myself one last winter treat, I bought Mostarda Di Cremona: whole fruits in a sweet syrupy sauce spiced up with few drops of mustard essence. Here’s [...]




