Category Archives: Preserves and Infusions

June 1, 2010

liquore di rose

ROSE LIQUEUR In my previous life I used to trap smells. As a profession. I used to collected the elusive aroma of plants with complicated glass vessels and solvent washes. I  used the resulting extracts to test their behavior modifying … Continue reading →

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March 14, 2010

the limoncello factory leftovers

My mom has always produced industrial quantities of limoncello.  A set of tiny crystal tumblers and a lovely bohemian bottle full of the golden liqueur  was a permanent installation in her living room. She did not make it for herself, … Continue reading →

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April 26, 2009

olio piccante

SPICY  OLIVE OIL. We call this “the democratic spicy oil” or “the family solution”. My daughter cannot stand spicy food, I adore everything “piccante”, that is seriously hot, my husband somewhere in between. So I always have a jar filled … Continue reading →

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March 26, 2009

homemade limoncello

LEMON LIQUEUR. Already for or a long time, liqueurs have been considered beneficial to one’s health, in moderate amounts of course. Since the Middle Age medicines have been prepared by alchemists and monks by infusing fruits, flowers, herbs and even … Continue reading →

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