My granddad Remigio used to walk with a cane, more for habit than necessity, and often waved it like Charlie Chaplin. He also had the same funny walk, and loved to wear his hat at a jaunty. Once in a while, when mum was at work, I spent an afternoon with him in San Gimignano. Our main [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Desserts'
The Tuscan pine nut cake – a recipe with a story
dicembre 14, 2011
Gifts, Christmas swaps and short pastry citrus cookies
dicembre 12, 2011
I received a gift. I was living one of those moments in your life when you need to find a goal, something to commit for, something so important to deserve sacrifices and long hours of work. I wanted to find out who I was, I wished to be able to define myself through a dream. In [...]
White Christmas Meringues
dicembre 9, 2011
Here I am, I’m sorry if I am a bit absent in these days but Juls’ Kitchen is eventually moving. After many and repeated problems with my Italian hosting company, Tophost, I am finally turning to a new hosting service on the advice of a blogger friend, Jaxies. I cannot thank her enough, I am [...]
Persimmon cake with whole spelt flour
novembre 22, 2011
I am passionate about the stories that tell a cross-section of life from the unusual and alienating perspective of an object, which unexpectedly connects the characters and is often the key to understanding something more about their lives, their expectations and their dreams. I could tell you of a slow Tuscan Sunday afternoon, the one of two days ago [...]
Moelleux au chocolat
novembre 17, 2011
They are three. Three white hairs. Three white hairs that I see every morning in the bathroom mirror, highlighted by the harsh spotlight that makes them stand out, so white and straight, among the other soft brown curls, that instead are huddled peacefully on my head, as they are supposed to be, as curly hair, in the early hours [...]
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