Recipes
World Pasta Day: A recipe by Francesco Mazzei
The first recipe on Pastabites for World Pasta Day: Spaghettini with mushroom ragout and Grana Padano by chef Francesco Mazzei
Recipes
A recipe: strangolapreti
Trying new dishes Before Christmas I attended a fun masterclass with Francesco Mazzei to learn the secrets of fresh pasta making and taste some iconic dishes from the Padana plain. One of these dishes particularly caught my eye (and my palate!) because it was completely new to me; I found Read more…
Blogger event
Pasta masterclass with Grana Padano & Chef Francesco Mazzei
Italian Cuisine Week 2018 Anything with Grana Padano, I love. If there’s also a pasta masterclass in the mix and a well known Italian chef added to it, then I am sold. That’s why I wasn’t going to miss one of the events which opened the 2018 Italian Cuisine Week Read more…
Restaurant Review
A meal at Radici, Islington
I first met Francesco Mazzei when I participated in a really cool cooking contest sponsored by Grana Padano. He was a judge and I was a ‘finalist’ blogger. I did not win, but I had a lot of fun, met some lovely fellow bloggers and of course, met Francesco. Since Read more…
Blogger event
Grana Padano Competition – the finals!
After my efforts experimenting with Grana Padano and blogging two recipes as well, I was chuffed to hear Francesco Mazzei had picked me, as well as four other bloggers, to go through to the next round for the #GPTopChef competition. Not really knowing what I was letting myelft into, I Read more…