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Non solo olive! (also known as Olives? Not Only!)

To Spaghetti And Beyond! Here starts the adventure. During the past months we’ve started spreading out the word of Italian regional food abroad. Oh!Live is a new youngish way of...
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Olives Power: they are rolling and climbing but they will not escape!

Olives roll and climb trying to escape but they know...

Green inside and outside too

I can feel and see their green flavour everywhere!

olives martini and anisetta the way to italian taste

Olives and Martini: a pleasure for your tongue

Just try some just fried olives with a taste of...

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I beg your pardon, what’s an oliva all’ascolana?

No worries! Don’t be shy! I know you don’t know’em. Though in Italy they are big, they are not so well known outside Italian borders. Unless you already got the lucky of visiting my stunning region, Le Marche, it’s quite normal not to have knowledge of this Italian regional recipe. Everything starts pitting olives as…

Just a bit of history

Olive all’ascolana is a recipe born in the XVIII century in Ascoli Piceno. Though in XVI century some monks were already making a similar recipe made with herbs. Italian prime minister to give recovery to Italian recovery, focused on strengthening Italian agriculture. He set up a commission chaired by an opposite party leader, who had…