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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 [...]

Those are real bis-cotti, which in Italian means cooked twice. The inspiration comes from Cantucci, the world wide acclaimed Tuscan biscotti, made with almonds. Those are a little different, and they probably look like a heresy to Tuscan people They are part of my hamper for Menu for Hope (read about the whole hamper here). [...]

My dear friend Sara organized a wonderful cookies swap to celebrate Christmas! She invited over some other girls, Italians, Americans, a French girl and we swapped all different kind of cookies. I brought 3 different kind of cookies: simple Italian cookies in the shape of hearts, cranberries rockies and this sablée Breton. Sablée Breton are [...]

After a long period of thinking I decided to surrender to the urge I felt to write in Italian too! And here it is, brand new, and growing Mele al forno Do not worry: I’ll never leave this blog and I’ll keep updating it for ever Mele al forno is actually a project: less personal [...]

Oops, I did it again (no, I’m not Britney Spears fan…)! And this time, chocolatey, my favourites…But lets get through the recipe, as it would be simple writing it in Italian, but in a foreign language, you know… I will take it step by step. 6 days before you intend TO EAT your macarons, take [...]

For this month Sugar High Friday, hosted by chocolate master David Lebovitz, the theme is (obviously) chocolate, not in general terms, but by brand.As I grew up near the Italy-Switzerland border, my entire childhood has been surrounded by chocolate of different kind and shapes: Lindor all year long (bought by kilos…), bunnies end huge eggs [...]

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