Cumin and carrot plum- cakes.
Laying on the couch on a late sunday afternoon while hubby is attending a beer recipes’ lesson about how to develop them. I’ve learnt that there is no theory or learning about beer without drinking ”...
View ArticleEaster loaf from Sarsina.
Sarsina is a small village on the Appenines between Forlì and Cesena. It’s “famous” because in the local cathedral guards a special collar, owned by Saint Vicinio. He was used to wear it with a heavy...
View ArticleLayered breakfast croissants.
With all this time in my hands last week I took the decision to try a recipe I’ve never had the courage to try. Layered croissants, a mix between puff pastry and raised brioche. The classic croissants...
View ArticleTiger brot.
I cannot say we are living an easy situation here in Italy. The third week of closed schools is almost starting, children are so tired of being alone with no friends around, no sports to do… Please...
View ArticleIndian piadina turnovers.
It’s St. Stephen today and I am on the couch after an amount of food I am ashamed of. All the festive traditions have been respected, yesterday in Ferrara at my uncle’s house and today in Rimini with...
View ArticlePumpkin scones.
Pumpkin scones was the perfect autumn recipe but I am always late so… We are close to Christmas and I still have to post this! I hope you love winter pumpkins! I made them weeks ago, taken from a...
View ArticleWalnut and fig breadsticks.
No time to even have a proper shower. I know this is what I usually say but it’s getting worse as, among mine and others things to do and places to go I always return home late in the evening, with...
View ArticleSoft wraps.
I use the free time I have in these days to post all the recipe I racked up in the past months. They are quite a lot because I have cooked but not posted. Now I have dinner ready, the house is...
View ArticleSweet bread buns with chocolate drops.
Few weeks ago, when school started after the long summer pause, I saw at the newsagent’s a magazine with copycat recipes of all the most popular snacks sold here in the supermarkets. It’s quite...
View ArticleStuffed Irish blass with spinach, feta cheese and pine nuts.
Today I have one of the worst case of migraine in months. I took a painkiller and I am having a hot water boule squeezed between my neck and my head but nothing works. I should lay in bed, I have...
View ArticlePiadina turnovers with German filling.
I’m back after a long iatus, I had things to do, end of the school parties, work, hot weather struggle… I don’t know if you remember my project about piadina turnovers filled with fillings inspired to...
View ArticleGolden savory biscuits.
I’m so happy about this post, I wish to put this recipe that comes from mum’s scraps on blog since I’ve closed the old one but every time I make them I can’t fix them in a photo. They ended before the...
View ArticleCarbonara breadsticks.
Summer is not the best moment to cook for me: no desire, too hot weather, the need to empty pantry and deep freezer in view of holidays. This demanding blog restyling, anyway, requires a very focused...
View ArticleMixed crostini, Italian pub food.
This is the recipe I’m waiting to post since 2006, when I opened my first blog. Why so long if this is not a difficult dish or with strange or unusual ingredients? Well, crostini are something we...
View ArticleCornmeal scary crackers.
Halloween, my favourite feast, is coming and this year I would like to post something themed as usual but this October I’m very busy with beautiful things, I’m going to Ljubljana with my sisters and...
View ArticlePotato scones.
Today I had my first approach with school homeworks, I’m worn out. I screamed more than St. Hartman, before you can say something like how convenient could be a soft approach please consider my son is...
View ArticleSalty tarte tatin with red onions.
As you may know if you follow me steadily I love mixing different cooking cultures, using different spices not common in Italian cooking. This way to interpret food comes from my university years in...
View ArticleMilk buns.
My personal battle with raising dough goes on. I’m never fully pleased about how they turn out, no matter if I use sourdough or yeast; maybe I’m too strict with myself, maybe I just have to keep on...
View ArticleBite-size feta cheese and herbs muffins.
My son Lorenzo is victim of chicken pox; of course everything started on Thursday so we are forced to a long week end closed at home. Now it’s Sunday and I think the sickness is at its peak: since...
View ArticleSoda bread.
I broke the ice of the first post with a recipe I love the most, now it’s time to fill this blog with more recipes and pieces. It’s quite a long work because writting both in Italian and English,...
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