Welcome!

I’m Enrica Monzani, a Liguria born and bred food writer, cookbook author, culinary researcher and food experience curator.
With the aim of preserving the Ligurian culinary heritage from the dust of time I share traditional recipes and my food trips around Liguria here and in my newsletter “Taste of Liguria”.
I also give cooking classes and organize food tours and experiences in Genoa and in Liguria.
If you love Liguria and its fresh, herby, sunny flavours, this is the right place to experience them!

Welcome!

I’m Enrica Monzani, a Liguria born and bred food writer, cookbook author, culinary researcher and food experience curator.
With the aim of preserving the Ligurian culinary heritage from the dust of time I share traditional recipes and my food trips around Liguria here and in my newsletter “Taste of Liguria”.
I also give cooking classes and organize food tours and experiences in Genoa and in Liguria.
If you love Liguria and its fresh, herby, sunny flavours, this is the right place to experience them!

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I crafted a small bunch of food experiences for groups exclusively available upon reservation. 

Reach out to me to curate a one-of-a-kind, personalized, unforgettable  food adventure in Liguria  for your family and friends.

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Last Foodie Tips

Let me show you Liguria one bite at a time

Ligurian basil pesto, how old is this traditional recipe?

Ligurian basil pesto, how old is this traditional recipe?

A brief history of the most eaten green sauce in the world. Often, during cooking classes, my guests ask how old the pesto recipe is. In their imagination (and perhaps in that of many Ligurians too), pasta with pesto has always existed on Ligurian tables, perhaps they...

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Seeking gifts at the antiques market in Chiavari

Looking for a gift, especially for Christmas, isn’t it becoming a little bit stressful for you too?  Bombarded by a commercial countdown that starts after Halloween, flooded with social and work commitments on the Christmas eve (which once was December 24, now if...

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| Liguria food guide | Beigua Park.

Do you know the Beigua Park? It is one of the great protected natural parks of Liguria that stretches behind Arenzano and Varazze, west of Genoa. It is internationally recognized by UNESCO as a geo-park for its spectacular morphology.  For its particular position...

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A day in Val d’Aveto, the upper valley

Val D'Aveto, you know, fascinates me deeply. I’ve been visiting it for three summers. Short daily trips, nothing more, hanging around without a precise destination. But it was enough to fall in love with this corner of Liguria still so authentic, full of history, full...

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A day in Val d’Aveto, from Rezzoaglio down.

Do you know Val d'Aveto? In 1945, during World War II, Ernest Hemingway, then a war journalist annexed to the American army, crossed it towards Piacenza and in the evening he wrote in his diary "Today I have crossed the most beautiful valley in the world". A nice...

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Last Ligurian Recipes

Bring Liguria on your table

Brandacujun – Potatoes, cod and evo oil magic

Brandacujun – Potatoes, cod and evo oil magic

Brandacujun is a West Liguria dish that combines land and sea, based on potatoes and stockfish, where extra virgin olive oil is a key ingredient. In Italian cuisine, extra virgin olive oil is generally used as a condiment or as a base for fried foods. However, there...

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Cheese focaccette from Megli

Cheese focaccette from Megli

Have you ever heard of Megli’s focaccette? Nothing to do with focaccia, the flat Ligurian bread! They are fritters, made of thin layers of  dough, stuffed with creamy melting  cheese (crescenza). For us Genoese, cheese fritters  represent the delicious...

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