Ivan Tronci, the globetrotting chef from Otranto, returns to his school, to the places where he learned as a student the first rudiments of cooking for a sensational showcooking. In front of numerous students from the IPSSEOA in Otranto, Ivan Tronci, our chef ambassador, cooked an incredibly good fish dish. It could only be so […]
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In Porto Cesareo, it is not uncommon to come across beautiful birds and be lucky enough to photograph them, as happened to us. We had the opportunity, together with a dear friend of ours who is a lover and connoisseur of nature, to photograph a beautiful specimen of Egretta garzetta, commonly known as Garzetta Bianca.
Negroamaro of the Salento is an excellent Apulian red wine. Listed in the National Register of Vine Varieties since 1970, the name of this red wine from Salento today is and remains the subject of much debate among scholars and historians.
Negroamaro: the famous red wine of Salento. Leggi tutto »
You cannot think of visiting Maglie, its beautiful old town center made of Lecce stone and the ancient churches of the beautiful town of Maglie, in the heart of Salento, without taking some time and tasting the recipes and dishes of the Bel Ami restaurant. Years ago, near the street of Scorrano (home town of
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Ivan Tronci, Foodismo’s resident chef, straight from Otranto, has decided to delight us once again, with a fantastic earthy dish from the great tradition: the Snail of Salento. Yes, you got it right, a snail dish or escargot (escargots in plural, in French). You don’t have to turn up your nose because, from the heart
Salento snail: the municeddha according to Ivan Tronci Leggi tutto »
Massa e ciceri, Massa di San Giuseppe, Ciceri e Trìa, are different names for this representative dish of traditional Salento cuisine.
Ciceri e Trìa, Massa di S. Giuseppe or Massa e ciceri: symbolic dish of Salento Leggi tutto »
Those who come to Salento and those who live there cannot fail to taste a delicacy such as the pasticciotto.
The Salento dessert par excellence, numerous have been its variations over time.
Leccese pasticciotto: the recipe for the typical dessert of Salento Leggi tutto »
Saffron is a highly prized spice and few people are aware of the fact that in Salento, saffron seeds found fertile ground. Before it was mistakenly considered a weed, saffron grew wild. Historical sources, which we have already told you about in our previous article“Salento, land of saffron, ” even tell of an annual market
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It’s business as usual. Our globetrotting chef Ivan Tronci is grappling with a new challenge: Salento farmer’s street-food to greet autumn, which recently arrived here in Salento. What could this new kind of street-food be? A quick dish, an appetizer with the flavors of the Salento land and a dash of modernity. In fact, the
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We are about to reveal a great truth to you: Salento is the land of saffron.
I can already see the holders of historical and culinary knowledge turning up their noses, but this is the reality.
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