Cialledda Materana — traditional bread and tomato salad from Matera. Cialledda is what Matera does with yesterday's bread, and it exists in two forms that share a name and almost nothing else. The summer version, cialledda fredda, is cold: hard slices of durum bread moistened with water, dressed with ripe tomato, raw onion, oregano, olives and a great deal of olive oil, eaten in the shade during harvest. The winter version, cialledda calda, is hot: the same bread softened in

Professional Italian baked egg torta with eggplant, detailed technique and wine pairings.

Professional Italian baked egg torta with cauliflower, detailed technique and wine pairings.