Coming out of lockdown and a recipe for pasta with peas
In the past couple of weeks, Italy has been taking baby steps towards some semblance of normality. Provided we wear masks, we can now venture outside our homes to go for a jog, take our…
Italian pantry staples and a recipe for spaghetti alla puttanesca
I used to be quite an impulsive food shopper at my local market in Corso Brunelleschi, attracted by all that was rare and unusual. Perhaps the most extreme example comes from one Saturday morning almost…
Life under lockdown and a Neapolitan recipe for Easter
It’s funny how life can suddenly change. School runs. Meetups with Miss C’s preschool classmates and their mums at the local playground. Walks to Parco Ruffini to lose the pregnancy weight and to put the…
Ligurian panissa salad
I’ve gradually transitioned to working from home over the past couple of years. This means minimal commuting and to my great relief, far less office politics to put up with. There’s no more need to…
More about radicchio (and what it’s like to be pregnant in Turin)
If you were to ask one of the people who knows me best what I enjoy eating most I’m sure they’ll respond with the word insalata or salad. And by salad, I mean raw, simple…
Banana bread, another taste of home
I recently bought a new cookbook, Julia Busuttil-Nishimura’s Ostro. Initially, I was attracted to the Melbourne-based Maltese-Australian cook, teacher and author’s interpretations of Italian dishes, as she has spent a lot of time studying and working…
Chocolate and hazelnut truffles: an edible Christmas gift idea
Sometimes your skills and your passions come together and sometimes in the most unexpected ways. In September 2017, I began offering cooking lessons (such as my Market-to-Table and Pasta-Making experiences with Bonappetour) to visitors to…
A family favourite: meatballs in sauce
It’s never easy trying to decide what to make for our family meals. I eat pretty much everything – well, at least when I’m not pregnant – and am always willing to try my hand…
Cucina Conversations: Another Taste of Corsica
Corsica. It’s officially been a part of Italy’s northwestern neighbour France since 1769. Yet, two months after my family’s second visit (see this link here for more about our first visit) to the Île de Beauté,…