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 another bad moment, using a specific ingredient that, in itself, is a way to take care of themselves: the tea. Leggi il resto di questo articolo »
I have already told you that my big, noisy, lively and warm family comes – as regards my father branch – from Lucania, in the South of Italy: Grandpa Biagio, in fact, was born in Rapolla (PZ) and raised in Melfi, where still live many uncles, aunts and cousins. A branch of the family lives since many years here in the province of Siena, and I think I can adfirm, without doing an injustice to anyone, that Aunt Teresa is the most representative example of the cuisine from Melfi in Tuscany.
I was so happy to be featured at Our Krazy Kitchen, it is my first time being featured, so I studied a lot to find the right recipe. I could choose sweet and chocolate cakes, roasted meat or colorful side dishes… until I met this rice with Batavian Endive in an Italian Cook Book. Isn’t it amazing?
I think this is what makes a recipe a great recipe: just a few ingredients – good quality ingredients – and a simple cooking procedure. Nothing more, nothing less. Your dish will we delicious and you’ll be able to surprise your guests and have plently of time to chat and laugh with them, without spending hours in the kitchen. Leggi il resto di questo articolo »
Those who follow me on Twitter or on the fan page of Juls’ Kitchen on Facebook know that this Valentine’s Day was an opportunity to finally have a Greek dinner … you may ask, and what about that? Simple, do you remind Toula from My Big Fat Greek Wedding? Well, I think I’m so similar to her! The bundle phase, being a girl with a single thick eyebrow, a little different from the blondie girls with their snack made of white bread and ham, getting shy and clumsy in front of representatives of the opposite sex ... But this means being strongly tied to my noisy and large family as well, an ancient and powerful force that flows through the veins of us, a passionate and creative relationship with food, part of our traditions, of our history and track for our future.
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 it with someone else. Or, better, maybe one of those desserts that you sit there with the little finger to clean the mould or scrape up the last crumbs so as not to see it lost.
Ele conquered me with the words by licking their fingers. From there on, I began to mentally browse through all chocolate and sweet-toothed recipes that came to my mind, but none seemed up to my ultimate goal… Dissolution of sinking a spoon into a heavenly and chocolaty cream.
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