Focaccia with cherry tomatoes & black olives: comfort food for mom’s thoughts

I suppose that something like that happened almost once to everyone: you wake up in the morning, look back and ask yourself how it’s possible that your life has changed so much in so little time. If you are a new mother like I am, this ...

Blog: Kitchen memories
Posted on: Apr 07, 2013 |  Original Post

Broccoli cannelloni & a macaroni factory in Brooklyn

When I started this blog, I did it thinking that in every kitchen you can find pots, pans, ingredients of various types but over all stories, emotions and memories. So it may happen that you come across an old picture, yellowed by time and memories, ...

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Posted on: Jan 31, 2013 |  Original Post

Pumpkin & Cognac cream: a Renaissance tale about a diamonds palace…

When I think about fairy tales sometimes occurs to me that Italy was probably a perfect setting and a truly source of inspiration. There was a time when the country was divided in kingdoms an duchies. Dynasties as de’ Medici, Gonzaga and ...

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Posted on: Dec 19, 2012 |  Original Post

Cranberries cake & the kitchen sabotage

I suppose that something like the story I’m about to tell happened to you too, no matter if you have or not a food blog.  You wake up and decide that you want to cook something so you go out, do your shopping and wait for the right moment to ...

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Posted on: Nov 20, 2012 |  Original Post

Ratatouille, Halloween & a French cemetery story

Breaking news: Halloween is coming! It’s really strange for me think at this event especially because it wasn’t common at all when I was young in Italy. In this very same period in Italy we celebrate the Saint (1 November) and the death ...

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Posted on: Oct 30, 2012 |  Original Post

Lobsters, linguine & champagne: happy birthday … to me!

Rule n. 1: special days need special food! I suppose you will trust me if I say that my birthday IS a very special day… so this post is about getting older, be happy and eating the great food my  husband cooked for me! Lobsters have always ...

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Posted on: Oct 18, 2012 |  Original Post

Ricotta & pumpkin verrine, a farm & a love story

Hallo world, seems that the great pumpkin season has started! For me this vegetable has never been such a special ingredient until, around one year ago, I had a very nice moment while eating a pumpkin! I was pregnant and both me and my brother ...

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Posted on: Oct 10, 2012 |  Original Post

Saffron & bacon pasta: a week-end of kilts and bagpipes

  Confession n. 2: the thing I love most of this blog is that it let me mix together so many different things like an Italian symbol (pasta), an exotic spice (saffron) and…kilts & bagpipes??!! You probably think I’m crazy but ...

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Posted on: Aug 29, 2012 |  Original Post

Cauliflower & tuna balls: the Italian passion for “polpette”!

Confession: every time I make a travel I leave my house saying: “No, this time I swear I won’t go to eat Italian!”… and every time I end up in an Italian restaurant asking myself  ”why do they have spaghetti with ...

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Posted on: Aug 24, 2012 |  Original Post

Linguine with red pesto, Ulysses & the Pillars of Hercules

Red pesto or red passion? I have already talked about my tomatoes addiction and here is another recipe that combines my beloved pasta with sun-dried tomatoes, an ingredient that is very typical in all the Mediterranean Sea. If you take a map you can ...

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Posted on: Aug 20, 2012 |  Original Post

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