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
Puff pastry takes time to make but trust me it is worth it. Once you have done a batch you can freeze it and use it in a couple of months. It may seem complicated because of the preparation time, you only need to make it once to change your mind. It has literally 3
I know that you are probably asking yourself why chicken feet. Because I love offals! They are very cheap to buy, they are packed with flavour, yes it takes very long to cook them and break down the protein, but trust me the end result is so worth that extra time. I have never ever
It has been a year and 2 months since my last post, and let me tell you, a lot of things have happened ever since. On 26th of March 2013, I flew to Perth (Australia), my hubby came in November. This was my first journey to the end of the world that I was making
Hi all, October has been a very interesting month. My hubby had a precious opportunity to work with Jun, an engineer from China who came to Italy to work for a month. We had fun going around Milan, especially eating new food. I also had an opportunity to go on the roof of Duomo (we
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
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 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