I have been admiring Kulsum’s blog for months, in love with her Indian recipes, with that Middle Eastern hint that makes her tasty dishes even more interesting and appealing. How have I been able to meet Kulsum, born and brought up an Indian Bohra household in Kuwait? Twitter is the answer, and the reason I’m here [...]

Posted in Autumn, Breakfast / Brunch, Cakes, Chocolate, Spring, Summer, Winter 15 Comments »

I opened my blog for several reasons, last but not least the desire to have something totally mine, something that belonged to me on 100%, something that would have grown thanks to my commitment and that could reflect my passion. So far, everything it’s already been said and done. Why do I keep blogging? There [...]

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My grandma’s piece de resistance is pate a choux (never used so many French words into the same sentence, I swear!): she is famous among our relatives for her choux, since she’s able to bake a whole tray of superb puff pastries all by herself, filling them with amazingly soft pastry cream and dusting them [...]

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Monday morning. Have you had a good weekend? Mine was fabulous! Saturday morning I had the first cooking class for children: a success beyond all expectations. There were 30 kids screaming and happy, covered with strawberries and yogurt, with their noses floured and their mouths dirty with ricotta. In the midst of all this crazy [...]

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Here you have a Portuguese pudim, from Tessa Kiros‘s Piri piri starfish: Portugal found. A wonderful book, white and blue as Portuguese azulejos, with wonderful pictures, as in each and every Tessa Kiros’s book.

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