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  • Spinach: an easy tasty way

    Spinach: an easy tasty way

    Sping! Fresh spinach! Wash them, very well. Drain. Heat 1 tbs of olive oil in a big pan, add 1 garlic clove. Add spinach, cover. After 5 minutes add raisins and pine nuts. Cover. Cook … Continue reading →

  • Trofie al pesto

    Trofie al pesto

    Pesto = Genova, Liguria Trofie = Liguria Pesto + Trofie + runner beans + potatoes = liguria, summer, sea Again, nothing more simple then this: Italian cuisine is simple and it’s all about great flavors … Continue reading →

  • How to make pesto

    How to make pesto

    Pesto is not an exact science. Pesto is simple but tricky: you MUST have at hand top ingredients! You need the best Italian (better genovese) basil you can find, better home grown from seeds, the … Continue reading →

  • Roasted tomatoes

    Roasted tomatoes

    Inspired by Jamie Oliver and Amanda Soule, with the last tomatoes I’ll find at the local market, what a better way to use them if not simply roasted in the oven? You can have them … Continue reading →

  • Orecchiette alle cime di rapa

    Orecchiette alle cime di rapa

    An Italian Classic, from the South of Italy, and more precisely from Puglia, the heel of the peninsula. And as most of the traditional Italian dishes is simple, satisfying and tasty In the list of … Continue reading →

  • Cooking like an Italian: Bucatini all’Amatriciana

    Cooking like an Italian: Bucatini all’Amatriciana

    Bucatini all’amatriciana: oh my, how many difficult words are in this simple dish? Bucatini: it’s a thick spaghetto with a hole (buco) in the middle Amatriciana: it’s a kind of pasta sauce, originating from Amatrice, … Continue reading →

  • Ragù di carne

    Ragù di carne

    Bolognaise sauce, sauce bolognaise, ragù alla bolognese. Call it as you please, but please please please, make it in the right way! No strange stuff, like cilantro, cream, spring onions… Keep it simple and plain! … Continue reading →

London, pho and sun!

I’m back in London, this time for this! Wandering around I found this amazing place where they make outstanding Pho! And as in England is still surprisingly warm, I ate in their garden, just off … Continue reading →

Posted on 12th September, 2007 by SaraM · 7 Comments

Another part of it: wines!

Of course, having a husband sommelier, we couldn’t, by any possible mean, skip the French wine cellars! Those in the picture is just a little taste of the many we visited… And the many bottle … Continue reading →

Posted on 4th September, 2007 by SaraM

And that’s only a part of it!

Of course I’ve eaten much more than this!!! And many many more dishes of foie gras, even fresh, just seared: heavenly melting in the mouth!!! France has many many layers of astonishing gastronomy, from Michelin … Continue reading →

Posted on 29th August, 2007 by SaraM · 6 Comments

My eternal and only love

Mirabelles for ever and ever! I find them only in France and only during August! And they are so good!!! Bowl from the Limonge porcelain assemble of my inlaws, mirabelles from the local market in … Continue reading →

Posted on 29th August, 2007 by SaraM

I’m back…

Yes, I’m back… Soon some news, some pictures, some discoveries… At the end the trip was limited to France with only one short trip to Pamplona… It was fun, it was wonderful, it was all … Continue reading →

Posted on 27th August, 2007 by SaraM · 2 Comments

On Holiday

See you at the end of August, after three weeks around France and Spain… Have a nice August!

Posted on 1st August, 2007 by SaraM

Mirror cake: I couldn’t…

This time I couldn’t… And I feel a traitor…I can give you all the excuses in the world, because I’ve made it, 2 weeks ago, but I couldn’t dare taking a picture of it: it … Continue reading →

Posted on 30th July, 2007 by SaraM · 12 Comments

Rice to the world

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 … Continue reading →

Posted on 26th July, 2007 by SaraM · 1 Comment

Bouncing off clouds

[...] Make it easyMake this easyIt’s not as heavy as it seems… And that’s what this traditional Chinese recipe is: easy… Too easy! And too good home made to go back to the greasy/chemical restaurants … Continue reading →

Posted on 25th July, 2007 by SaraM · 3 Comments

Crocchette di zucchine

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 … Continue reading →

Posted on 24th July, 2007 by SaraM · 6 Comments
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