I have a very cool cousin from Rome who lives in Paris and works there as a journalist. She usually covers culture and politics but she recently wrote a piece for Le Monde that melted my heart. Said piece was dedicated to “maritozzi”, a very Roman delicacy that, as it turns out, is finally leaving … More Rejoice! Maritozzi have finally arrived in Bologna
Once upon a time, there was only one “pizza al taglio” in Bologna, Altero. It had one little crowded shop in via Indipendenza, and it made non locals rise a perplexed eyebrow. I’ll get back to it later, but let just say it’s quite a “northern” version of pizza, something my Roman parents woudn’t even … More Top 5 sliced pizza in Bologna
Small and cute and unusually bright and cheerful for the otherwise darker and scruffier Via Del Pratello, this is my current The Place. I used to call it Alimentare Watson (a pun inspired by the iconic – and never actually pronounced – Sherlock Holmes’ motto «Elementary, my dear Watson»), because that was what was written on … More Pizza al taglio? Alimentary, Watson
Flaneur in Bologna 