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
Hi everyone! Today we celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary. We woke up this morning and we took our ring off and we put them back on repeating “Yes, I do…”. We had a wonderful weekend, we spent Saturday in Venice, and yesterday we went out for a romantic dinner. I will write you all about
I started reading the biography of Gualtiero Marchesi, the founder of the Italian Nouvelle Cuisine. It’s really an inspirational book. It’s about his life and his love for food and cooking. My wish is to meet him, and why not, be able to dine at his restaurant. My next recipe, is a tasty mistake. As
This is the second recipe, made from scratch, thanks to my hubby’s ingredients. Beef strips Beer Onion Tomato Basil Lime Tuna Eggs Since one of the ingredients was beer, I looked for a wheat- free beer in the supermarket but I couldn’t find it. I found a beer made from barley and chestnuts. Really strong
I have this lovely Italian cookbook, and I found this recipe in it. I made some changes to it, since we don’t eat a lot of dairy products and wheat flour. I haven’t learned to make wheat free bread yet so I used the normal crostinis. But I will get there too. We bought Gutturnio,