I studied them for a long time. Flourless cupcakes with dark chocolate, coconut and almond meal. I mixed them with care, getting into raptures because of their intriguing flavours. I decided not to use cake cases, to exalt their dark brown chocolate colour. I watched them rising into the oven, proud to see how they [...]

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Good Morning and Happy Monday! The colour of my weekend was red! Red like my hair (I dyed my hair and now they’re like Julia Robert’s hair, a wonderful Tiziano Autumnal colour), red as my brand new car, a flaming red Kia Picanto, red as my bank account for the next 5 years… Let’s hit [...]

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It’s Monday, and this is taken for granted, as the fact that a new week is beginning. Starting a new week with a smile on your face is not so obvious, but here I am, smiling, thanks to old and new friends and a long weekend spent with them. From Friday, with the Couchsurfing Monthly [...]

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If you come to Tuscany, whenever you want, wherever you go, from a city to a little village, you’ll find those typical sweets: Ricciarelli, Panforte and Cantuccini. If Ricciarelli and Panforte are related most of all to Christmas holidays, Cantuccini are a real must, you can eat them in any period of the year as [...]

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I love him. I can’tl help it. My love was born by chance watching Gambero Rosso Channel, maybe it was during an old The naked chef episode… He is joyful, rowdy, fun, enthusiastic. He is always singing and dancing while cooking, he gets carried away for a well-made dish, tastes everything with pleasure and makes [...]

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