The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine - Scarrafoni in Cucina

The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine - Scarrafoni in Cucina


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I ricci di mare
January 31, 2023

Il primo episodio della seconda stagione di "Scarrafoni in Cucina - The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine", la serie di SBS Italian dedicati ai piatti più bruttini della cucina italiana, ci porta alla

Ricci di mare: How do Italians eat sea urchin?
January 31, 2023

Are sea urchins a rare delicacy or the one type of seafood you avoid? Many people in Japan enjoy eating this unusual-tasting creature, but Italians also view sea urchins or ‘ricci di mare’ as a culina

Sweet Coal and the Italian tradition of La Befana - Il carbone della Befana
January 03, 2023

Scarrafoni in Cucina - The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine is a podcast series by SBS Italian dedicated to the ugliest Italian delicacies. We're excited to say that season two of the series will lau

Sweet Coal and the Italian tradition of La Befana
January 03, 2023

Scarrafoni in Cucina - The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine is a podcast series by SBS Italian dedicated to the ugliest Italian delicacies. We're excited to say that season two of the series will lau

Sanguinaccio, a bloody good chocolate dessert, says Annalisa Cercone
December 21, 2021

Our sixth and final episode of The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine celebrates Carnival in Naples, where children feast on crostoli and a bloody chocolate custard. Believe it or not, the tradition li

Il sanguinaccio
December 21, 2021

Il nostro sesto e ultimo episodio festeggia il Carnevale napoletano con il sanguinaccio, la crema al cioccolato preparata con il sangue di maiale. Con noi Federica Andrisani, chef del ristorante Fico

Pajata, a culinary highlight of Anastasia Zolotarev’s Roman holiday
December 14, 2021

In our fifth episode we’ll visit Rome, the Eternal City whose cuisine makes the most of ingredients that in Australia are not even allowed.

La pajata
December 14, 2021

Il nostro quinto episodio ci porta nella capitale ad assaggiare un’icona della cucina romana, da pochi anni tornata legale. Con noi Francesco Balestrieri, Executive Chef del Ristorante Agostinis di Ca

Cibreo, the unusual chicken dish that caught Emiko Davies by surprise
December 07, 2021

In our fourth episode of The Ugly Ducklings of Italian Cuisine, we travel back in time to Renaissance Florence, where Catherine De’ Medici was in love with cibreo. The dish uses some very exotic parts

Il cibreo
December 07, 2021

Nel nostro quarto episodio facciamo un viaggio indietro nel tempo nella Firenze rinascimentale, con una Caterina De' Medici innamorata del cibreo, un piatto che non spreca nulla del pollo, usandone an