A premise: many many thanks to everyone for the wonderful comments you left in the previous post of the Mad Hatter Tea Party, I was really glad and honored, and galvanized, and sparkling happy, I admit … eh eh eh. But now it is time to return to earth, and to [...]

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It won’t happen to see you in the surroundings at 7.30 am, but if it happens, and you meet a girl with gray Notting Hill sweatshirt, a cap pulled down over her head,n a mp3 player into her ears and a smiling face, well, that’s me, is neither a sad imitation of Rocky [...]

Posted in Books, Dessert, Yeast 5 Comments »

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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Since my cousin Marghe gave me this wonderful book Cupcakes, small luxuries for your palate, by Luxury Books, I can’t help! I keep on leafing through it, looking at it, admiring it, dreaming on its glossy pages, running my fingers over the vintage cover, gripping the book in my hands as it was a treasure!
Every [...]

Posted in Books, Dessert, Fruit, Muffins & Cupcakes 8 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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