agosto 24, 2010
Greece, United States, or perhaps England, my beloved England? Then for a while I considered the idea of Norway, until I saw for the umpteenth time the movie A Good Year, by Ridley Scott with Russell Crowe – very good and very appropriate for the role - that led me definitely to the scents of Provence. In theory, lavender was my goal, but in mid-August there wasn’t any single trace of fragrant and soft coloured fields. You would think: what a disappointment… and instead this holiday was a chance to discover a wonderland, with a strong agricultural vocation, which has left more than one indelible mark on my travel book. Obviously there have been visits to the most famous places of this region, as the impressive Avignon, noble and elegant, or perched villages like Gordes with the nearby Senanque Abbey, but what really fascinated me most was the Luberon and the area around Aix en Provence, along with the area to the north of Orange.
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agosto 20, 2010
Here we are again, a guest post to open the new season of blogging, an intense, interesting and amazing new season, I dare say! It’s fun to have Sari, from {Cook your dream} as guest, when it was me, a few months ago, that was a real guest at her house in London for Food Blogger Connect. She opened her heart and her house to a complete stranger, and from that moment we have become friends, sharing emotions, laughs and suggestions. I am really happy to present you Sari and her light, elegant and emotional photography, I’m sure you’ll love her and her blog as much as I do!
London holidays and a Strawberry sponge cake
Summer is my favourite season and I always look forward to summer all year. This feeling has been even stronger since my boyfriend and I moved to London two years ago as I don’t really enjoy the sun enough there.
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agosto 6, 2010
This winter I was searching for a good recipe of granola bars, when I stumbled upon Meeta’s blog, {What’s for lunch, Honey?} and her delicious recipe. I was dazzled by her colorful and intense photography, not to mention her great ability as story teller. Well, to cut a long story short, I made her granola bars. When you test and taste a recipe and it works perfectly, there’s no chance to come back: that recipe became one of my favourite ones and Meeta’s blog became one of my favourite blogs as well.
I had the chance, first through Twitter then thanks to Food Blogger Connect 2010, to to get to know Meeta (and the fab Spice Girls) better, and I definitely consider myself lucky to be able to call her a friend. But now, over to Meeta who will bring us with her to discover Norway, her latest holidays destination!
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agosto 3, 2010
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 and Mowie’s with cherries.
So, why this incipit? Unfortunately I have not found a PYO farm around here… what happened is that Aunt Silvana’s apricot tree decided to produce tons of fruit, so she called along all the family to pick up ripe and marvellous apricots. Mom was in trepidation for over a week, she couldn’t wait to go picking apricots to make jam, her favorite summer activity.
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