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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 →

Food 2.0 NomNomNom

Sunday 18th May 2008 I was here, teamed with her, doing this.We cooked all this.We where among other people, all cooking astonishing meals!Everything was organized by her in partnership them, with some outstanding sponsors!I spoke … Continue reading →

Posted on 30th May, 2008 by SaraM · 5 Comments

Daring Bakers: Opera

Opera is a dessert I always wanted to try, but never found the courage! It is one of those dessert so complicate dan with so many different passages and layers, that, honestly, if it wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted on 28th May, 2008 by SaraM · 10 Comments

Day 3 to 4 Up and down Fès

First we went down, then up, by another street, and then down again, to the bottom, and then, too tired to go up again, we took a petit taxi to go up… And like this … Continue reading →

Posted on 19th May, 2008 by SaraM · 1 Comment

Day 2 Rain going to Fès

We took the bus at 6.45 am and leave Marrakech on a cold but sunny morning.We have in front of us 8 hours of bus ride, in the mountains. Fun!As soon as we leave Marrakech … Continue reading →

Posted on 15th May, 2008 by SaraM

Day 1 Marrrakesh, a first bite

We left home on a Friday night, heading to my parents home, in Varese, where we left the cat and we slept few hours before leaving for the airport (Malpensa is much nearer to my … Continue reading →

Posted on 8th May, 2008 by SaraM · 4 Comments

Morocco, the land where time stops…

Morocco… That’s where I’ve been in the last two weeks… And that’s where I would love to live the rest of my life! Morocco… A beautiful country, made of sand, sea, ocean and imperial cities… … Continue reading →

Posted on 6th May, 2008 by SaraM · 5 Comments

Canned peaches from Monate’s Lake

I was born in the Lake region of Italy: only around Varese there are 7 lakes (famous for a hard bike tour): Varese, Maggiore, Comabbio, Biandronno, Monate, Ghirla, Ganna ! Well, do not imagine lakes … Continue reading →

Posted on 16th April, 2008 by SaraM · 7 Comments

Daring Bakers: Perfect Party Cake

[Update: the pictures were added Monday, 31 March 2008, at 8.56, Italy Time for the reasons explained below] Oh gosh, it’s today! I though it was for tomorrow!I was freely going around the net this … Continue reading →

Posted on 30th March, 2008 by SaraM · 16 Comments

The Recipe Writer’s Handbook

Here I am, neglecting my blog since ages and then, what do I publish? A book review! Not even a recipe and not even a picture! Bad Sara, bad!But my book review is more useful … Continue reading →

Posted on 27th March, 2008 by SaraM · 5 Comments

Kheer, Indian rice pudding

I have recently became accustomed to Bollywood movies! They rock!!! I love them!!!So, when my friend Sara (my Bollywood movies pusher) proposed a Bollywood night, well, I jumped in with great pleasure!!! And I proposed … Continue reading →

Posted on 11th March, 2008 by SaraM · 8 Comments
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