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Gnocchi alla bava: a delicious recipe from Piedmont

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In this dish, the distinctive flavour of cheese is perfectly combined with gnocchi’s delicate taste

Triora,credit: Henrik Als Nielsen

Triora, the Ligurian Salem and much more

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Triora is a location, which besides having one of the most picturesque villages in Italy, includes also a vast territory with heights ranging from 458 m. up to 2,153 m. above sea level and has a fascinating history.

Cuneese al Rhum

Cuneese al Rhum: Hemingway's favourite liqueur chocolate

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On the 8th of May 1954 Ernest Hemingway paid a visit to Cuneo and spent almost an hour to go to the Arione bar to buy some Cuneese al Rhum for his wife who was at that time on holiday in Nizza

A typical bunet with amaretto biscuits and cocoa on top– Credit: acquavivascorre.blogspot.com

Recipe of the week: the bunet

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This dark pudding comes from an ancient tradition of Piedmont, and can be enjoyed both in winter and summertime

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Recipe of the week: the chestnut sauce

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Perfect with meat and even on pasta, this sauce will delight your palate

Barbaguiai – Credit: Lemone CC BY-SA 3.0

The cuisine of the Principality of Monaco

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A cuisine rich of French and Italian influences

Pissalandrea: one of the ancerstors of modern pizza – Credit: www.lecinqueerbe.it

Pissalandrea: one of the first modern pizzas

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This dish originated in Genoa in 1490, before the appearance of the modern pizza in Naples

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Recipe of the week: Canestrelli

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How to make Canestrelli, traditional biscuits of Cuneo and the Riviera

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