Flavia Cosolo, a 70-year-old from Pieris, a tiny village in the Friuli region, claims that her pastry chef father, Mario Cosolo, was the first to come up with a cake called tirime su in the 40s ...

We are at Le Beccherie in Treviso, an elegant city in Veneto, 50 kilometres, or about 30 minutes by train, from Venice. Perched on stools at a high table near the pass, the only available seats in the ...