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Two wild porcini mushrooms with brown caps growing on a mossy forest floor
Recipes

Roasted porcini and potatoes recipe, staggered on the tray

Chef Gianluca Deiana Abis roasts potatoes and porcini in two separate stages on the same tray, so neither one steams the other into softness.

24 September 2026 · 2 min read
A single golden fried seada pastry resting on a white plate, waiting for its honey
Recipes

Seadas recipe: Sardinia's fried cheese pastry with honey

Semolina pastry shortened with lard, a disc of young sheep's cheese and lemon zest, fried at 170°C and finished with bitter honey. A shepherds' dish from central Sardinia that became a dessert.

23 September 2026 · 2 min read
Plate of braised beef with celery and roast potatoes on a checked tablecloth in an Italian trattoria
Hospitality · Cagliari

Michelin Guide Italy adds 20 restaurants, four in Sardinia

September's intake puts two Cagliari addresses, a Barbagia osteria and an Arzachena eco-retreat into the selection. The stars wait for Piacenza on 12 November.

23 September 2026 · 2 min read
Red and white wine glasses on a tablecloth set for a wine tasting, with an ice bucket behind
Drinks · Catania

Tre Bicchieri 2027: Sicily's whites outnumber its reds

Gambero Rosso gave 31 top awards to Sicilian wines in its 2027 guide, nine of them from Etna, and the island's native whites took the larger share.

21 September 2026 · 1 min read
Freshly harvested green and dark olives heaped in a steel hopper at an olive mill
Produce · Rome

Italian olive oil mills get €40m as origin prices halve

A zero-interest Ismea bill will fund mills that pay for Italian olives, as stocks of Italian extra virgin more than doubled in a year and origin prices fell 46.7%.

18 September 2026 · 2 min read
Freshly folded tortellini resting on a wooden pasta board in Bologna
City Guide · Bologna

What to eat in Bologna: 10 dishes and where to find them

Tortellini in brodo in the university quarter, mortadella in the Quadrilatero and a €3 glass of Pignoletto where wine has been poured since 1465: the plates and addresses that matter.

18 September 2026 · 6 min read
Fresh egg tagliatelle with meat ragù and chives in a white bowl on grey marble
Recipes · Bologna

Tagliatelle al ragù recipe: Bologna's slow-cooked meat sauce

Pancetta, beef, soffritto, wine and milk, then three hours at a bare simmer: the city's registered ragù, revised in 2023, rewritten for a home kitchen.

18 September 2026 · 2 min read
Rows of vines climbing a green Italian hillside under a clear sky
Hospitality · Bologna

BolognaFiere buys into Gambero Rosso for €5.7m

The Bologna trade-fair group takes a 49.9% stake in a new holding company built around the wine and food guide, its first move into publishing.

18 September 2026 · 2 min read
Slices of hazelnut cake on a white plate beside a bowl of whole hazelnuts
Recipes · Cortemilia

Torta di nocciole recipe: Cortemilia's Piedmont hazelnut cake

Toasted hazelnuts make up 40 per cent of this Alta Langa farmhouse cake, so the nuts decide everything: how they are roasted, skinned and ground.

17 September 2026 · 2 min read
Woodland and a shallow stony stream in the Foreste Casentinesi national park in the Apennines
Chefs · San Piero in Bagno

Gianluca Gorini's first book, Cucina Radicale, is out

The one-star chef from San Piero in Bagno wrote it with Eugenio Signoroni: 256 pages on his mentors, his Apennine roots and his method, and not a recipe collection.

17 September 2026 · 2 min read
Three Neapolitan pizzas with charred, blistered crusts on a marble restaurant table
Restaurants · London

Napoli on the Road named World's Best Pizzeria

The London pizzeria beat entries from more than 40 countries to take the world title, three years after first topping Europe's ranking, and without a single Italian address in reach.

16 September 2026 · 2 min read
Chef Enrico Bartolini in a dark suit and white shirt at an evening event
Restaurants · Milan

Monsieur Dior Milan brings Enrico Bartolini to Montenapoleone

The fashion house's first Italian restaurant opens inside its renovated Via Monte Napoleone boutique, with €25 lunch dishes, a €150 dinner menu and Giuseppe Allegretta as resident chef.

16 September 2026 · 2 min read
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