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During Easter, Italians prepare many many local dishes you probably have never even heard of. All throughout Italy, special dishes are prepared exceptionally for Easter many of which use ingredients that have a specific religious meaning. Prepared in many different ways depending on the local traditions, the lamb has a profound meaning as Christians refer to Jesus as the Lamb of God. Eggs are used in many dishes or served hard boiled as the shell represents the sealed tomb of Christ while the cracking represents Jesus’ resurrection from the dead.     Easter Sunday usually kicks off ..read more

We have worked so hard these past 6 years with the only purpose of serving YOU … especially when you couldn’t travel to Italy! ​ Consider this.   ​We live in Italy, we have access to all of the dishes and wines we love, we already know all the stories and recipes we share, we speak Italian, and we live the Italian lifestyle … every single day! ​ So the only reason we do everything we do is simply because we want to share Italy with YOU! ​ That’s why we created a place we can all call home, Casa Local Aromas. And we would love for you to have the keys to your ..read more

Yes, you have a home in Italy! ​ We’ve never really told anyone, but in these past 6 years, we’ve been building your home in Italy. Yes, 6 years! ​ Hey, it takes time to turn the perfect idea into the perfect home! ​ 2016. Our home looked like this.    We loved it because it was cozy and it had the best view of Rome ever.  But we could enjoy it only with the Local Aromas Family members who traveled to Italy. ​ 2018. We opened the doors of our home to YouTube.  This finally allowed us to bring the stories and recipes of Italy to your homes.  But, as much as we still ..read more

It was hilarious! Here’s the story.   17 km (10 miles) from the Spanish Steps in Rome, there is an incredible location. ​ We told Mamma Giuliana, Papà Riccardo, Carla, Cristina, Eric, and Giampaolo to be there for a very important photo shoot we had to do. ​ 8 hours. That’s how long we were there taking pictures and shooting videos with our super talented Director of Photography, Giampaolo. ​ The only thing … it was quite muddy! So this happened. ​ If you know our (crazy!) chef Carla, this should come to no surprise … (Look at Benedetta laughing in the backgroun ..read more

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Welcome to the Local Aromas online cooking school Italian Home Cooking (made simple!). Our school is all about traditional Italian dishes and we’ve made it as simple, yet complete, as possible. Our goal is to allow everyone, everywhere to be successful when preparing local Italian dishes for family and friends. (more…) The post Join Casa Local Aromas first appeared on Food Tours Rome - Local Aromas ..read more

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