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 sun, the Arpeggio for my Nespresso machine etc.There are lots of myths and clichés about coffee, especially in

Just next to Navile canal, in a typical country court setting stands Da Sandro al Navile Restaurant.I met this place for the first time a few years ago, my father brought me there. Since that, I've been there a lot of times.The place is not far from Bologna city center, but you'd feel like you were in the countryside.

What's Da Sandro al Navile?

In a few months everybody in Bologna will talk about FICO - Eatalyword. The huge food park is opening on Nov 15th 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 with my camera to show you a preview of how it will be. What is FICO? F(abbrica)I(taliana)Co(nta

A walk under the sun in July? Too tiring? And if I tell you that you can drink and eat delicacies prepared by some of Bologna's most famous chefs, made with prime ingredients, and walk and rest between lavender and wheat fields and old farmhouses? I bet you've already changed your mind. It's quite common to see landscape like this during Mangirò The master of bread Forno Calzolari bakery

I met Scaccomatto when Rick Stein was in Bologna. The British chef was looking for cuisine with ideas, quality and passion (especially fish).Mario Ferrara's restaurant is not only one of my best fish restaurants in Bologna but one of those places that you will remember forever.

Where Scaccomatto agli Orti is set