Veneto
The captivating, colorful land of canals and carnivals.
Venice is Italy’s most visited city, and is also the capital of the Veneto region.
Once known as La Serenissima (the most serene), Venice was a powerful Maritime Republic for more than a millennium. It’s famed for its canals, Gothic architecture and colorful carnival celebrations.
The Veneto region, in Italy’s northeast, is also home to medieval Verona, best known as the setting for Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet and for the well-preserved Roman amphitheater that hosts opera performances in the summer months.
Veneto is the land of Asiago cheese, Vialone Nano rice, Sopressa salami, Lamon beans, red radicchio, and Bassano white asparagus.
Gnocchi
These fluffy potato and flour dumplings are typically eaten as a first course (primo piatto) as an alternative to pasta. The word gnocchi may be derived from the Italian word nocchio, meaning a knot in wood, or from nocca, meaning knuckle. It has been a traditional type of Italian pasta since Roman times. After potatoes were introduced to Europe, they were eventually incorporated into the original only flour roman recipes. From humble ingredients, you will learn to make easy and impressive traditional potato and flour gnocchi — delicious, airy little pillows!
