8 cooking accounts to follow on Instagram

In Italy Christmas translates into two words: food and company. This year the second variable may be missing, but there is no need to despair: this could be the right moment to improve skills in the kitchen and try out traditional, basic or even gourmet recipes, depending on your culinary confidence. As with all arts, you need the right guide to succeed in the pursuit of beauty, and here is a selection of 10 cooking accounts on Instagram to learn how to cook or improve skills, following the precious tips and tricks provided by the food content creator behind these virtual realities.

1. @piattiny

Cool graphics, linear clarity and healthy, trendy ideas distinguish @piattiny from many other profiles on the platform. Martina, the admin, preaches to "put together things she has in the kitchen" and does so with disarming simplicity, so as she does convincing everybody replicating her recipes. Great for kitchen newbies, well-explained and illustrated instructions.

2. @emanuela_caorsi

Emanuela is not only a food blogger, but also an author. Her book "Riparto da Me" illustrates how the balance between awareness at the table and awareness of oneself underlies the same red thread. Her "holistic" recipes are composed of natural and healthy ingredients, which allow the body to rejoice from within, as well as with the eyes. To be followed for: health tips and light recipes with weights.

3. @gnambox

Beautiful, easy to do, certainly easier to eat: here's the dishes masterfully prepared and photographed by Riccardo and Stefano, who, together, are @gnambox Italy. Ideas for simple but effective recipes, which follow the seasonality of the products and insert valuable advices for smart kitchen purchases. To follow for: recipes with vegetables that will not make anyone turn their nose.

4. @cucinabotanica

The tranquility generated by the voice of Carlotta and her channel, @cucinabotanica will make you understand that vegan cuisine is no longer a distant world. The recipes created by the vegan chef and teacher of vegan cuisine are healthy and sustainable, both for the environment and for the wallet. The incredible botanical and minimal aesthetics embrace those who consult Instagram and Youtube channels of the project in a unique atmosphere, which begins in the moment of content consumption and ends with a food consumption. To follow for: vegan and vegetarian cuisine, delicious side dishes, desserts and the sweet Fiocco, Carlotta’s dog, that occasionally appears in the pictures.

5. @nonsolofood

Lidia, aka @nonsolofood, a lover of breakfasts, offers food content treated in detail, with a minimal aesthetic and very parisienne feel, without forgetting the charm of good Italian cuisine. The profile is to follow to steal some ideas for delicious dishes but above all to learn how to prepare the table for each meal in an exquisitely beautiful and different way.

6. @valentinaleporati

Let's move on to the "inclusive and surprising" recipes of @valentinaleporati aka Valentina Gluten Free, artisan bakery/pastry shop located in the center of Sarzana, in Liguria. Savory and sweet foods prepared with naturally gluten-free flours and high quality ingredients are offered every day. Healthy and delicious!

7. @cucinaconpoggy

Good food and designer decorative items like Medicom Toys and Hello Kitty: this is the core of @cucinaconpoggy by Alessandro Poggi. Living in Rome, Alessandro creates video-recipes celebrating Italian tradition with a funny twist, usually on IG stories. The shoots are taken directly from his  design space and amazing kitchen location, named The Pink Mill. To finally learn how to make a carbonara!

8. @ilgolosomangiarsano

@ilgolosomangiarsano is a beautiful healthy place: Elisa and Federica’s vegetarian cuisine is extremely tasty and easy to replicate. Two sisters manage this reality, started on Youtube many years ago, which in the meantime has also became a large community of people who love to eat well, but concretized into a book of great recipes to meal prep mastering. Follow for: never have doubts about what to eat anymore.