Exclusively hand-made with kitchen scraps such as stale bread, hardened cheese, eggs and beef marrow bones.Passatelli, or rather passatelli soup, is a poor but definitely tasty dish typical of the ancient Emilia culinary tradition.Learn all about it to arrive in Bologna hungry and well prepared.

Passatelli is a pasta obtained by passing the dough through a special press called fer.​It's quite similar to a ricer, formed by a slightly domed metal disc with a diameter of 15 cm, with holes of about 4-5 mm and comes with two side handles for crushing hard on the dough until it comes out of the holes, realizing that the typical shape: thick and coarse spaghetti.In the past, passatelli were prep

Travel on a budget and eat well in Bologna? Science-fiction? No, but you need to know where to go. Street food and aperitifs can be an option for a fast lunch. Here are 5 restaurants not far from Piazza Maggiore where you can sit, eat and be happy with less than 25€. 1. Zenzero Bistrot I'm sure you have a special place. One that you follow since it opened. Where you spent moments

Christmas is the perfect time for Bolognese cuisine. What's better than a classic hidden soup, less famous than tortellini? I usually show it during our food tour in Bologna because it's really unusual. It's called Zuppa Imperiale (Imperial soup).In the bakeries showcases you can mistake it for a cake, cut into small cubes. But you're not that far from the truth. Zuppa Imperiale recipe is

Every year in December, the elegant Piazza Minghetti in Bologna hosts a French food market. Cheese, chocolate, wine and a Christmas atmosphere in the air.Nothing like the best food markets of Bologna like Mercato delle Erbe or Quadrilatero. But still a good place for foodies looking for presents. Brie de Meaux Cheese How is Bologna French Market Bologna's French market is an outdoor seaso

One of the best desserts you can eat in Bologna is the rice cake (torta di riso). Its name and its look don't seem very appealing but, like the best of Bologna, you need to taste it to uncover its goodness.

A unique name for a unique rice cake: the legend of Torta degli Addobbi