Tag Archives: Rick Stein

Find an open restaurant in August in Bologna seems a jigsaw to solve.Most of the places are closed for the summer holidays, but I won’t leave you without good food.Here’s a list of quality restaurants open in August. TamburiniIf Bologna’s food has a sacred temple, this is Tamburini. An old salsamenteria, meat shop, that serves Continua a leggere..

The quantity and quality of bookshops can tell a lot about a city and the people who live it.Vintage librerie like Nanni or new format that combine books and food, like Modo Infoshop: here’s my selection of the most unique bookshops of Bologna. Libreria Nanni A few steps away from Piazza Maggiore and Quadrilatero food market, Continua a leggere..

The quantity and quality of bookshops can tell a lot about a city and the people who live it.Vintage librerie like Nanni or new format that combine books and food, like Modo Infoshop: here’s my selection of the most unique bookshops of Bologna. Libreria Nanni A few steps away from Piazza Maggiore and Quadrilatero food market, Continua a leggere..

He hated brunch and loved Negroni.Visited 120 countries and ate in best and worst places on the planet.He was a TV star, but he always said his truth about food. Anthony Bourdain visited Bologna and Emilia Romagna in 2012 for his show No reservations.He won’t come again but he left us a great document about Continua a leggere..

There was a time when kids used to play pinball not just in front of a Windows PC. There was a time when Bologna was one of the world capital of pinball. There is a time and space where pinball is more alive than ever. This place is in Bologna, where Federico created a Pinball Museum Continua a leggere..

There’s a new coffee course in Bologna. A course about what? Italian Coffee? Why should I take a course about it? I already know everything I need to know: my favorite barista just in front of the office, the volcano when I prepare the moka at home, the glass cup to serve it hot as the Continua a leggere..

In a few months everybody in Bologna will talk about FICO – Eatalyword. The huge food park is opening this Autumn and the hype is growing. I had the chance to visit the work in progress so, like an original umarell (the old bolognese men who like to watch construction sites), I took a walk inside Continua a leggere..

I first met Scaccomatto one year ago. When Rick Stein was in Bologna, he was looking not only for classic bolognese restaurants, but also new cuisine with ideas, quality ingredients and passion for great food. Mario Ferrara’s restaurant in Via Broccaindosso was one of my tips and it ended up in the final show. Scaccomatto Continua a leggere..

Last days of the year are always time for charts and weighing things up. 2016 has been a great year for me and for Taste Bologna. More than 800 people from around the world joined our food tours in Bologna and this “thing”, that started as a joke, a way to create something that I Continua a leggere..

Spaghetti bolognese (or bolognaise sauce) are probably the most popular not-bolognese pasta. Everybody knows them, lots of people from around the world eat them but here in Bologna a few restaurants offer this dish and they’re seen by locals as tourist places to stay away from. So I decided to put them on trial, a joke to Continua a leggere..