Salento cookies

Born in the Romagna part of the region, Mara safeguards a cooking tradition perpetuated among the women in her family from generation to generation. Mara’s knowledge grew even more when she met her husband Alfredo’s mother. A wonderful cook who left her notebooks full of recipes and customs rooted in the traditions of the city of Forlì.  Her skills in the kitchen are those of a Romagnola DOC.  She has always cooked and breaths the air of the local gastronomy every day.   Mara has been host to some of the greats on the Italian theatrical scene: Rossella Falk, Giorgio Albertazzi, Alessandro and Paola Gassman, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Giuliana de Sio, Carl Anderson and many others. How so? Offering after-theater dinners to the theater companies that staged their shows at the theater in Forlì. Her excellent cooking, combined with her pleasant and cheerful company, have transformed Mara into a true legend of the Forlì after-theater crowd.