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Please note I use metric measurements (grams and millilitres) and degrees Celsius for indicating quantities and temperatures. I use a gas stovetop and I test all oven-baked recipes in a conventional oven. Temperatures and/or cooking times may therefore need to be adjusted slightly for electric stovetops or fan-forced ovens.
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Ligurian panissa salad
desserts
Banana bread, another taste of home
main courses
A family favourite: meatballs in sauce
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Cucina conversations: valerian salad with hard-boiled eggs, anchovies and spring onions
starters
An ode to bitterness and radicchio
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Cucina conversations: back to school with amaretti morbidi
desserts
A Taste of Corsica
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Cucina conversations: carciofi trifolati
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Cucina Conversations: Frittura dolce (deep-fried semolina squares)
antipasti side dishes and snacks
A pignatta for Christmas and some lentils to inaugurate 2017
desserts
Gelato al fior di latte
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Bagnet verd (Piedmontese green sauce)
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Farinata and other food myths
drinks
Homemade Almond Milk
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Saturday tripe
desserts
Crostata di marmellata
main courses
Friday fish: fried salt cod with polenta and onions
starters
Thursday gnocchi…
desserts
Chocolate and hazelnut baci
desserts
Lettuces, Rags and Lies for Carnival
starters
Of pigs and panissa
desserts
La focaccia della befana
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Le zeppole calabresi
desserts
Persimmon and walnut cake
starters
Risotto alla milanese
desserts
‘Twice-cooked’ piparelli biscuits
desserts
Italy’s Day of the Dead
desserts
Tiramisù
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Zucchine in carpione
desserts
Stuffed peaches alla piemontese
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Eggplants and oven-baked caponata
desserts
Apricot sorbet
desserts
Blueberry focaccia
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Greek-style yoghurt
desserts
Zuccotto
bread
Brioche bread
starters
Artichokes
desserts
Chocolate chip cookies
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Muesli (and the learning curve that is food photography)…
antipasti side dishes and snacks
Yoghurt
bread