Castagnaccio is a cake made of chestnut flour. It is a perfect representation of Autumn. I miss Autumn sometimes. The leaves on the trees changing colours and becoming golden, brown and red, it is such a magical transformation, a transition from Summer to Winter. In Italy on those very cold days, street vendors start roasting
This year my college invited culinary students to participate in teams at the Oceanafest, a cooking competition for chefs. I am not a competitive person, but I love a competitions just for the fact that it is a great way to get feedback for what you do from judges (strangers) who have no clue of
I know that this title may remind most of us Fifty shades of Grey. Please don’t lie I know that you either have read the book or read an article regarding the book. While I admit that I enjoyed reading the books I absolutely refused to watch the movie. I just didn’t think it would
I have been away from posting for a few months now and was extremely busy with my personal life. A change of job, new course at the college and the change to a new home made it quite difficult to sit back and take care of my blog. When you become a chef and
Italy is a beautiful country to visit for holidays. Unfortunately not a great one to live in but I am not going to get into that. I just want to celebrate the beauty of it. You can never generalise when talking about Italian food or wine. Because each region has its own traditional cuisine, wine
One of my favorite dishes from Term 3 had to be this. It has everything I love: homemade pasta, mussels, “authentic” tomato sauce and oven dried cherry tomatoes. Tomato sauce ingredients vary slightly, depending on what type of sauce you are planning to make. Whether it is a simple, plain one, whether it is for