When I was young, at the question “what do you want to be”, I would have answered an architect, a police woman or a lawyer, but now if you ask me “What do you wanna be?” Ehrm, my answer will be: Donna Hay! Why? have you ever browsed through her magazine, DHM? Have you ever [...]

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My grandma’s piece de resistance is pate a choux (never used so many French words into the same sentence, I swear!): she is famous among our relatives for her choux, since she’s able to bake a whole tray of superb puff pastries all by herself, filling them with amazingly soft pastry cream and dusting them [...]

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Monday morning. Have you had a good weekend? Mine was fabulous! Saturday morning I had the first cooking class for children: a success beyond all expectations. There were 30 kids screaming and happy, covered with strawberries and yogurt, with their noses floured and their mouths dirty with ricotta. In the midst of all this crazy [...]

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Sweet crumbles are my passion: stewed fruit – again – but with a crispy layer that hides beneath its mysteries and its tasty predictions of softness; almost infinite choice for taste and flavoring. You can eat them hot, as they are, or with a scoop of ice cream, or a bit of plain yogurt for [...]

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I know, I know that the compote fruit at first sight is not so poetic, and indeed can refer to a natural remedy against a peculiar physical situation, since often we end up eating cooked fruit when we’re not exactly in sparkling form. But I love compote fruit. That’s it, simple as an apple thinly [...]

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