Category Archives: Recipes
Gloria’s peposo stew
This is a guest blog post from my dear friend Gloria, an eclectic, ironic and multi-talented Tuscan. She is a linguist pursuing an academic career, runs a popular travel blog, a couple of holiday rentals, collaborates to all sort of other … Continue reading
Filed under Meat Dishes, Recipes
chestnut and mascarpone cream
October is an incredibly generous month in Umbria. The weather is still mellow and sunny, the winds have cleared up the sky to porcelain blue, we’re counting the days to olive harvest. This will be the first year we’ll have … Continue reading
spinach and pasta soup
This is a healthy, refreshing and quite good-looking soup. It’s one of my desperation recipes, meaning that I make it when desperately needing a nutritious and light meal in hardly any time. I often keep a bag of pre-washed spinach … Continue reading
Elderberry jelly
My father will not touch my elderberry jelly. Despite my assurance that I have been eating it for years and even his beloved granddaughter has had it with no ill consequences, he is still convinced that it’s dangerous. Not even … Continue reading
Filed under Preserves and Infusions, Recipes
salted almond praline gelato
GELATO ALLA PANNA CON PRALINA AL CARAMELLO SALATO. I must confess I generally am not a fashionable cook. On the contrary, I am a firm believer in tradition and repetition. The simpler a recipe, the better. And, if it’s been … Continue reading
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