Traditional recipes, regional dishes, ingredients, wines and the stories behind Italian cuisine.
The Italian tramezzino looks almost too simple to deserve a story of its own. Two slices of soft white bread, the crusts carefully removed, a generous but balanced filling and the unmistakable triangular cut. Yet behind this apparently modest sandwich…
There are people who become famous because they spend their lives trying to be famous. And then there are people like Sora Lella, who seemed to become famous almost by accident, as though Rome itself had suddenly looked around the…
Castel di Sangro, Abruzzo Contrada Piana Santa Liberata, 67031 Castel di Sangro (AQ), Italy Reale, the restaurant of chef Niko Romito, is one of the most influential contemporary restaurants in Italy. Located at Casadonna in the mountains of Abruzzo, it…
Florence, Tuscany Via Ghibellina, 87, 50122 Florence (FI), Italy Enoteca Pinchiorri is one of the grand names of Italian fine dining, combining haute cuisine with one of the country’s most celebrated wine programs. Located in central Florence, it retains three…
Modena, Emilia-Romagna Via Stella, 22, 41121 Modena (MO), Italy Osteria Francescana, created by Massimo Bottura, is one of the restaurants that changed the international image of modern Italian cuisine. It holds three Michelin stars in the 2026 Guide and is…
Rubano, Veneto Via Liguria, 1, 35030 Rubano (PD), Italy Le Calandre, the flagship restaurant of the Alajmo family, is one of the most important names in contemporary Italian gastronomy. Located in Rubano, just outside Padua, it has held three Michelin…
Brusaporto (Bergamo), Lombardy Via Cantalupa 17, 24060 Brusaporto (BG), Italy Da Vittorio is one of the great names of Italian fine dining, created and developed by the Cerea family in the countryside just outside Bergamo. Its identity combines Lombard tradition…
Gardone Riviera, Lombardy Corso Giuseppe Zanardelli 196, 25083 Gardone Riviera (BS), Italy Lido 84 sits directly on the western shore of Lake Garda, where brothers Riccardo and Giancarlo Camanini created a restaurant that is both highly sophisticated and unmistakably connected…
Runate, Canneto sull'Oglio (Mantua), Lombardy Via Runate 15, 46013 Canneto sull'Oglio (MN), Italy Dal Pescatore Santini is one of Italy's great family restaurants, set in the quiet countryside of the Oglio Sud regional park between Mantua and Cremona. The Santini…
Senigallia, Marche Banchina di Levante 6, 60019 Senigallia (AN), Italy Uliassi is one of the defining restaurants of contemporary Italian seafood, positioned between Senigallia's channel harbour and the Adriatic beach. Mauro Uliassi's cooking starts from the flavours of the Marche…