Torta di riso massese – the Tuscan baked rice custard
byEastern is getting closer and in the area where I live people are already baking the traditional Eastern pies and cakes. As I already told you last year with Torta coi…
Recipes
Toasted bread with grilled asparagus and fried eggs
byI grew up with the certainty that spring begins the 21st of March. As an adult I understood that reality is more complicated than it appears, and also the beginning…
Lemon poundcake
byLast Thursday, the 8th of March, I launched my professional website where I show my work as a social media manager and all the services I offer for food and…
Blood oranges, fennel and pomegranate salad
byAfter a two weeks silence, I finally come back to the blog. I wasn’t on holiday but I decided to not publish anything both on my blog and my social networks…
Risotto with cuttlefish and chard from Viareggio’s Carnival
byBefore taking (almost) every exit on the Italian highway, you would notice a sign showing an image or a graphic that features something typical in the town you’ll reach at…
Paciarella, stale bread, milk and cocoa cake
byI remember this cake, still in its baking pan, laying at the left side of the tv in the kitchen. It was standing there for days, not because we didn’t…
Pan d’arancio, a Sicilian orange cake
byLemons, tangerines, clementines, oranges. If there’s something I impatiently wait at this time of the year, that are citruses. The scent of the lemon zest, the sweetness of a clementine,…
Meatballs with leeks and lemon juice
byThe beginning of a new year is full of expectations and resolutions. Each year we try to improve ourselves, fixing goals that will help us to grow and become better…
Torrone morbido for Christmas
byWhen you speak about Christmas in Italy, there are countless treats that end up on our tables during this time of the year. Each area has its own specialties, but there’s…
Cucina Conversations: Focaccia genovese
byIf we fill a bread basket half with bread and half with focaccia, which one of the two will run out first? I don’t have scientific statistics, but I’m pretty…