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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 →

Vegetable lasagne

It’s spring, and I’m sick! Outside is beautiful all the time, sunny (except a major storm this morning!), hot, enjoyable, and all I can do is to stay inside, all covered, coughing… And so I … Continue reading →

Posted on 15th May, 2007 by SaraM · 10 Comments

Japanese curry (or so they say on the package!!!)

I’m not so fond of ready made food. But sometimes, once in a while, a get very lazy (Ah! I’m always lazy!!!) and use industrial stuff, and that normally happens when I do not read … Continue reading →

Posted on 10th May, 2007 by SaraM · 10 Comments

I have a new idol!

I love food communities, and I think Serious Eats is one of the best: they are funny, wit and smart and they have that certain edge (that I like) when speaking about food: it’s a … Continue reading →

Posted on 9th May, 2007 by SaraM · 1 Comment

Cupcakes for K

My dear sweeeeet friend K today turns (insert the number you like)!!! And tonight we’ll party!I made her this lavender cupcakes I found on one of my favorite blog: thanks so much Chockylit for being … Continue reading →

Posted on 9th May, 2007 by SaraM · 14 Comments

Monthly Mingle: Spring (rainy) soup

It’s finally raining!!! After a very long period of sun (and it was beginning to annoying me: I love rain!!!) we finally have a long deserved rain! So now everybody can complain about rain, and … Continue reading →

Posted on 4th May, 2007 by SaraM · 10 Comments

Warning: no food realted post

Update: and at this point, will our super chic, super wit, super bright heroine win over the ugly, nasty and evil hobbit? (No offence to hobbits)Sorry, after watching all the debate, my nice inspirational mood … Continue reading →

Posted on 3rd May, 2007 by SaraM · 9 Comments

Queen of Hearts Queen of Spades

One of my favorite characters from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland is, of course, the magnificent Queen of Hearts: she is so mean, so pushy, so overbearing, so merciless that it’s a real pleasure to watch … Continue reading →

Posted on 30th April, 2007 by SaraM · 4 Comments

Madly baking!

“Waiter there’s something in my bread” really encouraged my bakery instincts! After the bread I baked yesterday my only thought was: “Bake! Bake! Bake!”!!! Plus I was truly inspired by some of the wonderful entries, … Continue reading →

Posted on 27th April, 2007 by SaraM · 3 Comments

Waiter, there’s somenthing in my… bread!

I find this monthly challenge very interesting, not only for the funny title, but even for the theme they choose! And it’s indeed a challenge fo me: never made a pie before and I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted on 25th April, 2007 by SaraM · 7 Comments

Verrines, again and again and again…

Ok, I have to admit it: I’m obsessed with verrines… It’s that once you’ve started making them, your only thought will be about making them every time someone come along… They are so cute, so … Continue reading →

Posted on 24th April, 2007 by SaraM · 2 Comments
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