Everybody knows it, everybody around the world eats it but here in Bologna a few restaurants offer it and it's better to stay away from them.Spaghetti bolognese (or bolognaise sauce) is probably the most popular not-bolognese pasta.So I put it on trial, to discover the origins of this dish and to determine if it has the right to exist. The charges: it's not from Bologna, Bolognesi don't eat

Life through beers? You start at 15 with a Bud and get drunk at 20 with a Weisse. At 25 you find out that Guinness is not that bitter. Around 30 you go deep inside the beautiful world of microbrewery. Bologna has never been a city for beer lovers, but over the last few years, I've been witness to an explosion of microbreweries working with passion. ​Here are my 5 favorite craft beers produced i

Life through beers? You start at 15 with a Bud and get drunk at 20 with a Weisse. At 25 you find out that Guinness is not that bitter. Around 30 you go deep inside the beautiful world of microbrewery. Bologna has never been a city for beer lovers, but over the last few years, I've been witness of an explosion of microbreweries working with passion. ​Here are my 5 favourite craft beers produced

When I was a child, my grandfather would dunk stale bread in meat broth and eat it like pasta. Bologna's bread is still the same: crunchy and dark on the outside, soft and white on the inside.​Spiders and crosses, stand for the most common bread shapes, but honestly, I'm not mad about the typical ones. ​If you're looking for homemade bread that will last more than one day, wholemeal and select

I'm not a huge fan of takeaway or delivery, partially because I love cooking and also because in Italy it's usually synonymous with junk or low-quality food. But sometimes that's not true and you can find a few great places in Bologna to bring home a great dinner. These are my best choices. Pizza MasanielloOpened just a week ago, it's the first "ethical pizza" in town: all the ingredients are