luglio 9, 2010
As I announced last week, be ready to have you backpack with you and let’s have a look at another part of United States of America, following words and pictures from Diana, blogger at Spain in Iowa. Diana is a Latina woman with many interests: she’s a graphic/web designer by profession and also a homemaker, gardener and chicken keeper! I’ve been reading her blog for many months now, loving her passion for Latin food and recipes but also her effort to support local food movement. Following her blog, you can learn how to grow your own organic garden, so don’t loose a minute more and go visiting her blog!
Diana: Chicago, gardening, playing baseball and camping
When Juls first invited me to be a part of her summer roundup, I was planning on sharing my favorite place to be over the U.S. Independent Day holiday. Chicago!
Unfortunately, we weren’t able to escape for as many days as we would have liked. So for this post, I wanted to share with you what summer means to my family and share some pictures along the way.
Being from Iowa, the Midwest of the U.S., we have frigid cold winters. Temperatures that can drop well below zero degrees. So when the temperatures warm and our days lengthen, we spend as much time as we can outside. We literally have light from 5:30am until 10:00pm. Plenty of time to play and get some work done! Read the rest of this entry »
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luglio 7, 2010
Over the past two weekends I gave complete freedom to my culinary vein to put aside a good supply of recipes to deal peacefully with the upcoming summer, as it promises to be not only terribly hot but also very busy: I cooked meat, desserts, pasta… but then, again, it happens all the times! You make a recipe and you fall in love. A texture, a smell or a memory and she creeps into your heart, asking for attention, she wants the front page the next morning. I tried to take time, to convince her that it is not kind for the latest addition to outdo the older recipes, waiting patiently in line for days, with photos ready and a story in my mind. But she has the enthusiasm of youth on her side, and she definitely won!
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luglio 4, 2010
Just a quick post to present the final RoundUp of HHDD event! I really loved hosting this event, because it gave me the chance to discover new blogs and new interesting manners to present such a simple and delicious recipe. You can find a complete list with all the partecipants and a survey to vote at the end of the post. On Thursday the 15th of July I’ll announce the winner!
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luglio 2, 2010
Does he need an introduction? Needless to say I went to London to attend to the Food Blogger Connect also to enjoy his talk about photography and to finally meet him… his blog is one of the most stylish, elegant and gorgeous foodblogs on the world wide web. His desserts are Heaven on Earth. His pictures are bright, sexy and with a perfect mastery of the light. I’m really thrilled to introduce Mowie, from Mowielicious! If you haven’t visited his blog yet, be ready to fall in love!
Mowielicious and a summer salad
Summertime is my favourite season. The long, bright days, gorgeously lit until late in the evening, the ability to wear t-shirts and flip-flops, laying down in the grass, jumping into a cold pool when it gets too hot, barbecues with friends, and the great happy feeling in the air exuded by almost everyone. Even though they may be simple, these are the things that I appreciate most about summer and I often wish it would last all year long. It is a time for letting go, shedding whatever winter coverings are left behind, relaxing and having fun. More importantly, summer has always been about fresh food. When it gets too hot, I prefer to eat cold food, something that’s fresh and easy to put together. So what could be better than a wholesome salad? Read the rest of this entry »
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giugno 30, 2010
Last Friday I was crouched on the couch looking through Sigrid’s book in search of inspiration, trying to find the right recipe that could describe my mood in a few well chosen ingredients. Grandma was in the kitchen and I could ear the clatter of dishes from the lunch, Claudia was studying for her university exam just in front of me, bent on the very same table where I spent the best years of my youth translating Greek and Latin authors.
I came back to the time of the afternoon snack, which has now been replaced by a quick coffee in the office or a penitential and masochistic fasting when I’m at home… when I was really young, and still an only child, I used to watch cartoons on tv after my homeworks with a slice of bread topped with jam, a cup of tea and Mickey Mouse comics in my hands (I’ve always been multi-tasking, since a very young age!).
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