Linguine, together with Trenette and Bavette, are from Genova, it is no a coincidence that these types of Spaghetti should be seasoned with Pesto and with sauces based on fish.  

"Pacchero" is a popular term still used which means slap. The origin of the name of this particular type of pasta, paccheri, is attributed, to the noise (like a slap) that they generate while mixing them in the tureen full of sauce.   [ultimate-recipe id="46157"...

Fusilli are of Arab derivation. In Sicily are called busiati and in Sardinia busi, both terms derived from the Arab bus, which indicates the cane on which pasta was wrapped to prepare Fusilli. This particular production of pasta dates back to the fifteenth century and...

Fusilli, both in Campania and in Molise, are a traditional food product: they are spaghetti that are curled around a spindle (fuso, in italian), a wooden tool for spinning by hand, from which they take their name. Fusilli are also called those formed with twisted...

In this Parmigiana, the pumpkin accompanied by the bread crumbs of aromatic sage bread, is a valid alternative to the eggplants, try it!  

According to some sources, the term Parmigiana made its first appearance around 1430, by Simone de' Prodenzani, Italian poet, who placed it in the sequence of courses, between fruit and dessert. The Parmigiana, which can be enriched as well as with different types of...

A traditional italian recipe but with an uncertain origin: Puglia, Sicilia or Campania?