Apparently, Italy's first food blogger was born in 1820. 😂

No Instagram. No YouTube. No email. He wasn't even a chef.

And at 71 years old, Pellegrino Artusi decided to self-publish “La Scienza in Cucina e l’Arte di Mangiar Bene” (Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well) when Italy itself had only been a unified country for 30 years.

This completely blew our minds!

In this episode, we talk about how Artusi asked people from around Italy to send him their recipes, tested them, shared their stories, and slowly created an enormous cooking community at a time when Italians didn't even necessarily think of themselves as Italian.

And then our conversation takes us into another cookbook we grew up with, Ada Boni's “Il Talismano della Felicità”, our great-grandmother's handwritten recipe notebook, the recipes we have inherited and changed over the years, and the ones we're now passing on to our own children and our Local Aromas Family.

Because maybe that's the real magic of a recipe.

Someone shares it with you. You make it yours. You change it a little. You cook it for someone you love. And eventually, it becomes part of somebody else's story.

And if you're ever afraid you're too old to start something new, remember Pellegrino Artusi.

71 years old. Nobody wanted to publish his idea. So he did it himself.

And more than 130 years later, we're still talking about him. ❤️

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Italian breakfast may be one of the most controversial things we talk about. 😄

Every time we post about it, someone asks …

Where are the eggs? Where is the bacon? Why are you eating so many carbs?!

So in this episode, we're finally talking about how Italians really have breakfast.

We chat about breakfast at home versus breakfast at the bar, why bread has always been such an important part of the Italian morning, how the sweet breakfast we know today is actually more modern than people think, and why cappuccino somehow became attached to the morning.

And then, of course, Italy being Italy, breakfast changes completely depending on where you are.

✔️ A maritozzo in Rome.
✔️ Granita and a warm brioche in Sicily.
✔️ Focaccia dipped in cappuccino in Genoa.
✔️ Budino di riso in Florence.

So yes, we eat carbs. And yes, we love them. 😂

That’s exactly why we created our Italian Breakfast Tour in Rome, so you can experience this delicious Italian morning ritual for yourself … the right way! ☕🥐🇮🇹

Italian breakfast is really about much more than food. It's ritual, routine, local culture, and one more little moment of the day that brings people together.

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How can one tiny boot-shaped country possibly have so much?

Valeria went down one of her research rabbit holes for this episode—and Benedetta had absolutely no idea what was coming. 😄

We're talking about Italy's incredible concentration of history, landscapes, plants, animals, grapes, olives, foods, wines, volcanoes, microclimates ... and even winds.

Because once you start putting all of these things together, you begin to understand something we've been saying for years: traveling through Italy isn't really like visiting one country. Every region, town, landscape, and local cuisine tells a completely different story.

We also talk about something very close to our hearts: preserving all of this.

Italy inherited an extraordinary amount from the people who came before us, but keeping those ingredients, traditions, producers, and local identities alive is now our responsibility too.

And as a traveler, you can be part of that!

So come nerd out about Italy with us. We promise the numbers are much more exciting than they sound. 😂

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