In Proust’s book À la recherche du temps perdu – which I admit I have never read – the protagonist eats a madeleine and this awakens his childhood memories. Oh, les madeleines, tiny French pastries with a delicate buttery lemon flavour, elegant and refined. My madeleines are instead bracioline al pomodoro, crumbed and fried beef slices that [...]

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One foot in the summer time, with its flip-flops and light dresses, and one foot in autumn with pumpkin, colorful scarves and that woolen cardigan I would love so much. September is special, it has the pleasant traits of summer without its sultry excesses and the beauty of autumn, back to school time, figs, pumpkins and [...]

Posted in Side Dishes, Summer, Vegetarian Recipes 14 Comments »

I wish I had enough words to thank you for your comments, e-mails, laughs and moved tears on my last post. I knew I would have found support and friendship in you, but – believe me – I was not expecting such a cheerful feedback! The crisis and the redemption desire sadly are common issues in these [...]

Posted in Autumn, Main Course, Meat, Tuscan Recipes, Winter 15 Comments »

There is a moment of my working day that I particularly like. I realized it in these days when I traveled to Rimini, when this moment expanded itself from a few minutes to several hours: I’m talking about the road trip – whether to or back – I’m doing almost every day with my colleague [...]

Posted in Main Course, Meat, Quick Recipes, Spring, Summer 18 Comments »

Tuesday the 1st of February was Juls’ Kitchen second blogiversary. In these two years I discovered how essential is to blog for me – I would say almost vital – although I had never written a diary before, except for brief moments while I was suffering from a mild form of graphomania. I discovered that, [...]

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