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…
Postcards and scones from Australia
Since moving to Italy, the month of January has always been a letdown. It’s cold. It gets dark early. And, most of all, it’s lonely, especially after all the Christmas and New Year-related festivities and…
Cucina Conversations: Piedmontese Stuffed Onions
Leftover bread. It’s January’s topic for the Cucina Conversations roundtable and this month, Carmen, Daniela, Francesca, Flavia, Lisa, Marialuisa and I are sharing recipes from around the boot which include the staff of life. From…
Cucina conversations: apple paste on fette biscottate for breakfast
I can’t think of a more appropriate season to post on this month’s Cucina Conversations topic – the ancient art and craft of preserving. Autumn is, after all, a time when many fruits and vegetables…
Cucina conversations: back to school with amaretti morbidi
Summer has come to an end and so has much of the time we spent together during the days in that season. Instead, Monday to Friday, morning and afternoon, we make our way down tree-lined…
A New Country Kitchen and Two Plum Recipes to Celebrate
It’s TT’s birthday. Or, at least it was earlier in the week when she turned 3. We’re holding her party at the weekend instead, so all the people we’ve invited can come into the verdant…
A Taste of Corsica
I know, I’m breaking my self-imposed rule. Some point after starting this blog over two years ago, I realised what I really wanted to write about was Italian food, traditions and travel. A decision to…
Farinata and other food myths
Marco Polo discovered pasta at Kublai Khan’s court in China and brought it back to Europe. Catherine de Medici brought forks, artichokes, peas, asparagus, broccoli, truffles and sorbets to France and changed the way her…