Rachel Dana was our October 2012 Daring Cooks’ Challenge hostess! Rachel brought Brazil into our lives by challenging us to make Feijoada and Farofa along with some other yummy side dishes traditionally served with Feijoada, which is a delicious black bean and pork stew. I made a vegetarian feijoada as we don’t eat pork. And
Our Daring Cooks’ September 2012 hostess was Inma of la Galletika. Inma brought us a taste of Spain and challenged us to make our very own delicious Paella! I made a vegetarian paella, because we don’t eat certain types of seafood and I didn’t add peas as we don’t mix legumes with cereals. I loved
The weather has suddenly changed in Milan. It’s as if suddenly November is here. Temperature has gone from 35°C to 20°C and it has been raining a lot. I must admit that I missed the cooler season for a lot of reasons even though I don’t enjoy rain that much. Truth: I love it when
Venice is a beautiful city and Venetians are so friendly. I must say compared to all the Italian cities I have visited, this city is at the top of the list. We arrived at around 9:40 in the morning. And the magic began right after the train left Mestre Station, suddenly you pass from land
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
Summer is almost over and than God for that and I don’t think I will be missing it this Winter. It has been tough as it’s really really hot, at 5 PM the mosquitoes start to feed and there’s nothing that can stop them (mosquito hybrids???), and it has been really tough sleeping. Anyways, Saturday
I am so overwhelmed by the beautiful news I received on the 19th of August. My best friend Frully gave birth to a baby boy. Welcome to this world Luca, we all have been waiting for you. Congratulations mom and dad! I really can’t wait to see him, as they don’t live in Milan I
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
Bread is something that you miss when you go wheat-free. Especially in Italy, where bread is part of every meal. The Gualano’s explained that when they all were kids, in the house of the not wealthy families, since the food served was not enough to fill the tummies, kids were forced to eat bread to