THE WONDERS OF LOCAL CUISINE, The Wonders Of Local Cuisine

Hi, my name’s James, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to the wonderful flavours of Roman cuisine.

Rome is a metropolis that offers a wide choice of Italian and international cuisine, as well as the opportunity to try a number of popular dishes from the local tradition, such as the famous spaghetti alla carbonara and bucatini all’amatriciana. These are humble dishes, made with readily available ingredients, yet they are famous all over the world.

Spaghetti alla carbonara is made with lightly fried pork cheek, which is similar to bacon, raw egg and pecorino romano, an age-old local cheese made from sheep’s milk.

Bucatini all’amatriciana, originally from Amatrice, in the Lazio region, but adopted by the Romans, is made with a kind of hollow spaghetti, served with a tomato and pork cheek sauce and always sprinkled with Pecorino cheese.

The most typical of Roman first courses, however, is rigatoni con la pajata. In the local dialect, pajata are the entrails of suckling calves or lambs, cooked in tomatoes or served with pasta....