This was the first time I took part at the Daring Baking Challenge, and which recipe could be better than Tiramisu, one of the most popular and beloved Italian dessert?! We often make tiramisu at home, but buying ladyfingers and mascarpone cheese. Obviously, if you want a very good tiramisu, you must choose superior quality [...]

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After a really bad day at work – they happen more and more often – I went home and I was so nervous… all that I wanted  was cooking, and possibly using chocolate, remedy for all problems, serotonin maker, a good thing! So I decided to make a moment of pleasure and relax out of [...]

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The diktat was clear from the beginning. The aim was to make one of those cakes that:

If you do not lick your fingers you enjoy only half of the pleasure. One of those that, although you won’t admit it even under torture, you dream to finish it spoonful by spoonful all by yourself, without sharing [...]

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When on Friday I came back home from work, it all seemed a mess: I was tired, sad, nervous, unhappy abouit work, I wanted something new. Then, all at once, the snow. Soft and silent. And my nerves started to ease. Suddenly a movie came to my mind, Chocolat, and snow and wind became a [...]

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I love him. I can’tl help it. My love was born by chance watching Gambero Rosso Channel, maybe it was during an old The naked chef episode… He is joyful, rowdy, fun, enthusiastic. He is always singing and dancing while cooking, he gets carried away for a well-made dish, tastes everything with pleasure and [...]

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