Author: Carmelita Caruana

Carmelita Caruana is originally from Malta and has been passionate about food and cooking since a very early age. She fell in with the beautiful city of Bologna, acknowledge food capital of Italy, and in 1999 she set up her cooking school there, Cook Italy, Bologna's first year round cooking school for visitors. She offers fun hands-on classes for very small groups, including family classes for parents (or grandparents) and children, and one-on-one classes. She has written for the BBC Good Food magazine, taught classes round in Italy, in Malta, Spain, London and many US cities, at times collaborating on fund raising events with British and US chefs. Do "Like" her Cook Italy page if you enjoy drooling over photos of great italian food!

Torta ta L-Irkotta (Maltese Ricotta Pie)

ByCarmelita Caruana Updated31 October 2022

There are a number of delicious pies in Maltese home cooking: meat pies, fish pies, vegetable pies, rice and pumpkin pies. But perhaps the one most frequently cooked and eaten is the much loved Ricotta…

A Sweet Taste Of Italy – Torta Barozzi

ByCarmelita Caruana Updated31 October 2022

Bologna, where I live is best know for its egg pasta and its many salt cured pork specialities, but when Paul asked me to kick off his new recipe posts with something local I thought…