My Italian Cuisine

 The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine While it has been largely reported that Negroni cocktail was invented in Florence in 1919 at Caffé Casoni now called Caffé Cavalli and thet Count Camillo Negroni invented it by asking Fosco Scarselli, the bartender,  to strengthen his favorite cocktail, the "Americano", by adding gin rather than the normal soda water,  the paper back book by Luca Picchi, "Sulle tracce del conte",  la vera storia del cocktail "Negroni" (the true story of the "Negroni" cocktail) affirms that the entire Count Negroni story is invented and it's nothing more than a marketing pamphlet to promote visits to Mr. Picchi's bar in Florence (see the comment on this post by one of the membrs of the Negroni family, Colonel Hector Andres Negroni, whom I thank very much for the useful informations). That said..... the "Negroni cocktail" is a huge worldwi

  The content and pictures of this post are copyright registered & protected ©myitaliancuisine I didn't know that Gnocco Fritto was famous all over the world, I just realised that reading this article from the webzine "Seriouseat" . Apparently in NYC you can find a very good one at "Bianca".... Anyway if you are not from NY or you can't find Gnocco fritto in your town: here is the recipe! But first let me explain what we are talking about: Gnocco fritto is a traditional (Emilia Romagna) fried appetizer, a square piece of fried kind of bread dough which can be served with italian deli meat, Parma ham, mortadella, culatello, salami or cheese or  with veggies like fried Cicoria or  Cime di rapa. The souther version of gnocco fritto could be the so called "Pizza fritta" but this is another story...... Preparing Gnocco fritto at home is very easy, you just need few ingredients and a little time. It's such a plasure to eat a warm