Confessions of a former teetotaler

8 febbraio 2010

Who belong to all those little glasses filled with such a wonderful liquid, rich in flavors, aromas, sensations and emotions? MINE! Oh no, don’t look at me with those faces, with mocking irony, asking me with a naive look: but really you? Giulia the teetotaler? the one that at parties carries her bottle of iced tea and pretends it to be rum? Yes, it’s me! I – or rather Juls’ Kitchen – have been invited to the Distillerie Bonaventura Maschio of Gaiarine (TV) for a wonderful visit of the company, an interesting lecture on distillation and different great spirits of worldwide excellence, accompanied by a specific tasting.

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Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: lampredotto sandwich

3 febbraio 2010

Soon it will be spring again, and maybe we’ll be tempted to go to Florence to have a walk in the centre, looking at marvellous shop windows and strolliong up and down along tiny streets and markets, to breathe that amazing air that smells of spring, when fhe sun warms the air and gives it a golden glow.

This is the right time to mingle with the Florentines and eat one of the most famous street food in town: the panino al lampredotto (reed tripe or Abomasum sandwich). Lampredotto or reed is a kind of tripe, darker with a more intense taste. It is boiled in broth and put in a sandwich with salsa verde (green sauce) or – more recently – with a spicy sauce. The bread used is the typical semelle (also known as semellino) and on request it can be soaked into reed broth.
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1st Blogiversary: one year in Juls’ Kitchen

1 febbraio 2010

OHMYGODWHATANEMOTION! One year has gone by, but it seems like yesterday… yesterday I wrote my first post after a whole week of trials on layout and blogspot, yesterday I was racking my brains trying to understand the proper tone of voice. After many photographic attempts (if I only look back at those first shots!) and culinary experiments, here I am to celebrate the first year of my little child!

I still can’t figure out the reason that drove me to this adventure: I suppose it’s not just my cooking passion, since it was strong and living long before I met the world of foodbloggers. I suppose it wasn’t my passion for photography, because I wasn’t so good in taking pictures before Juls’ Kitchen birth – my belonging to my own family has been questioned frequently since my skills are so different from my dad and Claudi’s ones!

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Grandma Menna’s Kitchen: rice cake

27 gennaio 2010

Telling you about this cake is like opening the door of my house, showing you the fireplace where my grandpa used to stand, with his hands behind is back to warm himself, it’s like offering you a barley coffee in my grandma tin cup. It’s like walking together on the same path I used to follow coming back from school with the rucksack on my shoulders, waving hello to my neighbours as they appeared at the window. It is a simple and sweet cake we make very often, the main ingredient is rice! It’s a foolproof cake, you’ll love it for is hearty and unique flavour.

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Granola Bars: lunch a porter

24 gennaio 2010

This is the second issue of my cooperation with Mettiamocilatesta.it, in search of lunch boxes and snack, paying attention to ingredients’ quality and cooking process simplicity. This is our saying: EAT QUALITY FOOD, EAT WITH CREATIVITY, as previously stated in the other recipe, rice with vegetables. Mettiamocilatesta.it is having a great success so it’s time to give quality food to our guys, they deserve it!
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