Food and Drink
Rome is a foodies’ paradise with its distinct and proud traditional food culture – but too many options can sometimes be overwhelming. Learn how to choose exactly the right place for those important food experience, to navigate the coffee bars and restaurants, and to avoid tourist traps.
How to avoid being ripped off at a tourist trap restaurant in Rome
Tourist traps charge high prices for poor food. In the short time you have in Rome, you don’t want to eat badly. Learn how to avoid wasting money in the traps, and eat like a local.
Pasta Making Class – Fettuccine with Meatballs
Discover how to make pasta from scratch in the authentic Italian way! At this hands-on interactive workshop you will be provided with both – the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to create a real Italian pasta!
Market Tour and Italian Cooking Class
Meet your Chef at Campo dei Fiori which is the oldest and one of the most famous market of Rome. You will buy your fresh ingredients strolling by colourful stands and surrounding by a typical Italian atmosphere!
Authentic Italian cooking classes in Rome By the Tiber River
Rome Cooking Workshops provides a truly authentic Italian culinary learning experience to people from around the world.
How to order a coffee in Rome
This guide and glossary will help you order a coffee in Italy, and don’t miss the warnings at the end of the article.
How do I buy a slice of pizza in Rome?
Italy’s the home of pizza, but buying pizza in Rome can be a bit confusing. We tell you how to buy ‘pizza al taglio’ – by the slice.
How to eat vegan in Rome
A trip to Rome doesn’t mean you have to compromise your life, or go hungry – you can eat vegan and eat well all over the city.
Heart of Rome: Pasta Making and Tiramisù
Learn about the original recipes and the ins and outs of how to make authentic Italian homemade pasta and tiramisù from scratch in the very heart of Rome.
How to order from an Italian menu
Some of the best restaurants in Rome are outside the usual tourist traps, and may not have menus that are translated into English. This small glossary will help you order.
Do I need to tip in Rome?
How can restaurants in Italy justify charging several euro for a small basket of bread? Find the secret here.
Where can I find a wifi cafe in Rome to work in? 2020 edition
A list of wi-fi enabled bars and cafes in Rome where you can bring your laptop and work Starbucks-style (but with better coffee).
How to cook perfect pasta
It seems like pasta should be the simplest food in the world to cook, but actually it’s the simplest food in the world to mess up. This article shows you the steps required to cook pasta perfectly, as Italians eat it, and to improve your experience of an already much-loved dish.
Beer in Rome
If you like beer and you’re coming to Rome, you’re in for a treat. Despite not being beer monsters like their northern European cousins, people
Learn how to make gelato
There’s ice cream, then there’s gelato. Learn how to prepare one of the most loved desserts in Italy using artisan techniques and fresh ingredients.
Aperitivo: Rome’s low-cost drink and food extravaganza
Aperitivo is a phenomenon by which you can eat and drink well in convivial surroundings all over Rome. Great for ‘early bird’ eaters.
Heart of Rome: Pasta and Gelato Making Class
All in one! Get your hands dirty and learn how to make original Italian homemade pasta and real artisanal Italian gelato from scrach from an expert Italian chef in the very heart of Rome, overlooking the Tiber River.
Pizza Making Class for Pizza Lovers
Join Italian Pizza Making Class with a real stone oven. Learn from our pizza Chef about the secrets of how to make the crunchiest, the thinnest or the most delicious Neapolitan pizza.
Why you never need to buy water in Rome
Rome may not be cheap, but there’s one thing that’s always free and available throughout the city – clean, fresh spring water from the Roman aqueducts.
