THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE, The Wonders Of Local Cuisine

Hi, my name’s Rick, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to the wonderful flavors of La Spezia and the Cinque Terre, where you’ll have the chance to enjoy plenty of specialties featuring typical local produce.

The wide range of seafood starters include Monterosso anchovies, served raw with crushed garlic, parsley and olive oil, sea snails stewed with tomatoes, octopus salad with potatoes, olives and capers and, above all, poached mussels with garlic and parsley. The mussels are farmed in the gulf, as are the oysters, which I can highly recommend.

You can also choose from numerous savory pies and quiches, with vegetables or rice, or the sgabei, strips of leavened dough fried and served with stracchino cheese or salami.

Other seafood dishes that you must try include spaghetti allo scoglio, with mussels and clams, and in particular spaghetti ai muscoli, served with a sauce of chopped mussels and tomato.

The most famous local specialty, however, are testaroli, which are piadine (flat bread) cooked on a wide terracotta griddle, then boiled and dressed with a walnut sauce, or with a pesto sauce made of basil, garlic, pine-nuts, olive oil and Parmigiano and pecorino cheeses....