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04
Feb

We like it fresh: the scallops

The scallops are a delicious and refined dish, one of the most valued of the seafood restaurant. The scallop is a bivalve mollusc originally from the Mediterranean Sea, made up of two parts: the white one is the rounded adductor muscle, while the crescent shaped and pinkish/orange or grey part corresponds to the animal’s gonads. […]

25
Jan

The ancient professions of Venice: the gondolier

The gondola is the symbol of Venice: while the lagoon boat was the object of an in-depth study, the gondoliers were always considered as a residual and marginal reality. The figure of the gondolier comes into view only when the structure of the gondola perfects itself and distances itself from the other types of boats. […]

16
Jan

The origins of the spaghetti alla busara

The traditional cuisine of Venice consists of simple and tasty recipes like Spaghetti alla busara. The busara comes from Trieste and Istria and it blends with the culinary tradition of Venice after the second postwar period, becoming one of the most distinctive dish of the lagoon cooking. The meaning of the term “busara” has many […]

08
Oct
Tintoretto exhibition Venice Falciani restaurant

Tintoretto comes home

The masterpieces of the famous Venetian painter come to Palazzo Ducale until the 6th January 2019, on the occasion of 500 years since his birth. Since last September Venice is surrounded by Tintoretto’s works, following a majestic project supported by the National Gallery of Art of Washington and organized by Gabriella Belli, Fondazione Musei Civici‘s […]

21
Sep
Fall season of mushrooms Falciani Venice

Welcome autumn, mushroom season

The 23rd of September declares the end of summer – and consequently the beginning of fall, whose rainstorms facilitate the growth of mushrooms on a large part of Italian territory. Due to their variety, size and scent you can find them in any kind of courses: that’s why a lot of people usually go looking for […]

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