I’ve just realized that I’ve never spoke of Bigoli on this blog!!! That’s incredible!Since the first bite I had of this wonderful pasta I was in love!Let’s go back in time… It was our first tour in Veneto, winter of 2002 or 2003, and we were in a nice little restaurant in Verona, near the
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 NEED comfort food, I really do!!!I don’t know where I found the strength to cook lasagne, not even where I’m
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 the list of the ingredients BEFORE I buy it… And that doesn’t happen so often… But sometimes, you know, you
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 a constant source of inspiration! Your cupcakes are gorgeous!!!The only thing I’ve changed was the decorations (the original one was
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 how it will ruin the crops, and that of course veggy and fruits will be expensive… Exactly how they would
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 her punishing a very annoining Alice!To the contrary, in the book, I stand with Alice against the dictatorial Queen…And now
“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, and especially by Patricia‘s recipe, so I hope she won’t mind if I made something similar, yet different, to her
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 so much of a bready person. I like to eat bread, but make it sometimes seem to long and complicated…
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 fast and so flexible that they scream: “MAKE ONE”! Now do you understand why on the last Cuisine et vins
Well, verrines are absolutely at their highest in France! You see them everywhere, salted, sweet, to take away… They put inside a verrine practically anything!And maybe in two, three, four years some “clever” Italian chef will begin to use them telling everybody how smart he is… Well, we’ll know he’s wrong! Now tell me: who