Eating History: Italy

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taking over

Giving Italian women credit in the kitchen

We all love the magic Italian mothers and grandmothers work in the kitchen - but they haven't always had a share of the glory when it comes to food.
Award-winning dough

The professor and the pizza champion

There's flour-throwing, pizza tossing, pole climbing and a few sobering moments as John Dickie explores how hunger has shaped Italy's food.
herby history

Is pesto really pesto if it doesn’t have garlic?

The laws of pesto, the blender question and the world's best pesto maker.
a torrid tale

History with bite: the secret life of pizza

The beloved slice has its own dramatic tale, including a king, a queen and some culinary snobbery.
food fights

It was all a lie: the scandalous history of pasta

From whimsical marketing ploys to an outrageous carbonara, humble pasta has had a bumpy ride through the ages.
pasta please

4 reasons we’re glad Italy eats so much better than a Roman gladiator

Watching the new SBS food series Eating History: Italy makes us hungry - but also glad that we don't have to subsist on the meagre diet of a Roman gladiator!
fresh air

Culinary postcard: Alto Adige, Italy

Wedged underneath Austria and Switzerland, but lying within Italy’s borders, the region of Alto Adige melds alpine and Mediterranean cuisines amidst endearing...
Italian

Sweet ricotta dumplings with poppy seeds

Combining Italian ricotta and alpine bread dumplings - these canederli (or knödel as they are called in German) from Italy’s northern Alto Adige region reflect...
Food program

Eating History: Italy

Enthusiastic historian John Dickie takes us on a 6-episode romp through Italy's past to reveal just how much of it was actually shaped by food. In this feast of...
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