We don’t have Pick-Your-Own farm, where you can go and pick your own fruit and vegetables and then pay at the end the harvested products, seizing in the same time the opportunity to spend a beautiful day outdoors. I’ve been dreaming for months to visit a PYO Farm, thanks to Alex’s adventures with strawberries [...]

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Until recently, jam and preserving time was the late summer. Big baskets of warm and fragrant fruit, thin-skinned and glossy, sweet and full of good premises. Peaches, apricots, plums, but above all there were blackberries, queens of jam, picked one by one from the brambles down the field, one in a [...]

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Quite an 80’s style post, isn’t it? I don’t know why, maybe the colours of my pictures, maybe the light, maybe the music I’m listening to right now – Cindy Lauper and Carly Simon, aren’t they great? – but I really feel completely into the years of my childhood! But now, let’s hit the point! [...]

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Oh how nice indeed! this is one of the few competitions where I have been absolutely on time! Now I’m gonna tell you a little about this  initiative held by Genny. The Torta della bontà – Cake of Goodness -  is a contest that is a poem, a chance to give free rein to [...]

Posted in British, Cakes, Tarts & Pies, Dessert, Jam & Marmalade, World recipes 7 Comments »

Here I am after a great weekend at the seaside with my friends in Liguria. Once more I’ve had the proof that simplicity is fundamental and amazing! Whatsoever context you are examinig, you only need a few ingredients to make the recipe work. Fists quality ingredients, a simple and essential recipe, a pinch of magic… [...]

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