I took this recipe from the French Saveur, making some little changes. I have used unsalted butter and a teaspoon of salt instead of demi-sel butter, as requested by the recipe: you could sense salt chrystals on your tongue and beneath your teeth while tasting the cookies, so I will make this change again, for [...]

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This is a dedicated post, as these crostini. First, to Babs (have I ever told you she’s great? have you seen her web site? not yet? com’on! what are you waiting for?) who made me discover a real love for greek yoghurt, Fage to be pricise. Since I’ve met her, I use Greek yoghurt in [...]

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Granny was born and grown up in the countryside, in the same hamlet where my father was born and grown up and where I still live now, in the house that used to be a stable many years ago. In my grandmother’s house used to live three generations together: there was her grandfather Tommaso – [...]

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I’m always in search of something light and velvety, something that makes me feel good and free as a butterfly, something enjoying to cook and to eat, something fun, but that can also clean my coscience. Yesterday I was lost in this quest, when Aunt Teresa suggested me this soup, made with leftover vegetables in [...]

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Think about Tuscan cakes and sweet things. What comes in your mind? Maybe panforte, Siena ricciarelli, cantuccini and vinsanto, castagnaccio… these are all traditional elements. But for my family? Which are our typical puddings? So I closed my eyes and I started thinking at granny: granny baking something sweet, making something to cuddle me, to [...]

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