Posts under ‘appertizers’

As a quick appertizer or a fancy side dish, this verrines are simple and very effective.
Why Puy lentils?
This are the lentils I have always at home, as they come near-by my in lwas, and the father of a dear friend is a major grower. They are quick to cook and they don’t need to be [...]

A few months ago I opened another food blog, in Italian, and I published the recipe that it’s at the base of this pasta. While I was cooking it I though it could have done a perfect side dish, *and* a perfect pasta dish
For 2 people
200 g high quality pasta, short kind
200g diced [...]

Yep, still here!
I haven’t blogged for 1 moth and half, doomed working too much on a new job…
And I realized 3 thing:
- Working too much is not worth it
- I missed my blog, desperately!
- Life is too short and I would love to spend most of our time having fun and ejoying it…
So, [...]

Bottarga! I just love bottarga!
I’m lucky enough to have a friend who’s half Sardinian and everytime she visits her relatives in Alghero she always bring me back bottarga! And fresh bottarga is something you’ll never want to live without!
One fo the best way to enjoy it is sure iver a slice of warm bread, spread [...]

Carrots are good… Carrots are nice… Carrots are orange…And when outside everything is grey, orange CAN save you! Orange can make you happy!
Then you open the pressure cooker you had used to cook everything, and you see everything orange, because the steam just burnt your finger! And life is less nice then before, but, you [...]

Today I’m slightly excited for some reasons:- I drank to much coffee in the last days so I’m easily amused and excited!!!- it’s our fourth wedding anniversary! – a friend gave me two computer programs that defining them awesome is not enough! Thanks Kikmuk!- today I’m going to lunch in my favourite Japanese Restaurant [...]

Again something Greek inspired. Those simple appetisers are quick and you wouldn’t find anybody who dislike them (except my father, but that’s because he hates courgettes over anything else!).
4 courgettes 1 onion Mint leavesBasil leaves Salt and pepper 4 egg yolks Bread crumbs 100 g of grated parmesan
Grate the courgettes very finely and salt them. [...]

We’ve been to Greece just once, in September 2001, and since then we would love to go back and have an extensive tour of all the islands. For which we would need more then three weeks, so we keep postponing it!!!But just to remind us how beautiful Greece is we make often, especially during summer [...]

If there is something addicted about Greek cuisine, that is tzatziki for sure! I can eat kilos of it, on bread or pitta, alone, with chips…Sure, right after that comes moussaka, another Greek addiction, but it’s a bit more complex and a bit more wintery, so maybe this fall I will give the recipe of [...]

Wow! Always challenging our daring bakers contests!!! I made bagels just once in my life, few month ago, and I was ready to try a new recipe and give it another chance to improve!And this recipe, even if in mammoth proportions, is wonderful! Luckily I made them for friends coming over, so they were just [...]