Category Archives: Spring
fiance cake
CIARAMICOLA. I love this cake because it’s beautiful and so reminiscent of ancient times. Ciaramicola is a traditional cake from Perugia, Umbria’s capital city. In a past when things were simple, young women made it for their fiancé as a … Continue reading
beef straccetti with asparagus and spring onions
STRACCETTI DI MANZO CON ASPARAGI. Spring, spring, spring! Quick, quick, quick! Who wants to be inside with this beautiful weather? Who wants a complicated dinner when there’s lavender to prune, petunias to plant, dry leaves to sweep and finally forget? … Continue reading
Filed under Meat Dishes, Recipes, Spring, Vegetables
pasta alla puttanesca
PUTTANESCA aka THE WHORE’S SAUCE. With a name like this you can only expect something spectacular. There are several metropolitan legends that try to explain the peculiar name. The one that makes more sense to me refers to prostitutes not … Continue reading
spaghetti con asparagi
SPAGHETTI WITH (WILD) ASPARAGUS Foraging is all the rage nowadays, but Italians have never stopped these sort of primitive habits. My father has never made a walk for the sake of it in his entire life. He actually drives to … Continue reading
Filed under Dried Pasta, Life in Umbria, Pasta, Recipes, Sauces, Spring
