There is lunch and there is dinner. There are many recipes that can be made indifferently for your midday meal or for your evening meal, they have a wild independent spirit, they suit your family needs and moods, they are welcomed anytime. Then, there is a bunch of recipes that are specifically tailored to suit [...]

Posted in Family recipes, Winter 8 Comments »

More than a week has passed since I first came to London and in a few days I’ll be back in my mansard over my family kitchen overlooking the woods and fields, waiting for the wheat to turn pale green to announce that the spring has finally arrived. You may wonder what I have been [...]

Posted in Autumn, Quick Recipes, Spring, Summer, Winter 13 Comments »

My ghost of Christmas past would bring a Tom and Jerry sweatsuit, a big yellow bag which contained the gifts the whole family, a baked fillet of salmon and a spinach flan. If I had to identify in every Christmas past, flipping through my memories album, an element that is always present, that tastes of [...]

Posted in Baked Good, Christmas, Side Dishes, Tuscan Recipes, Vegetarian Recipes, Winter 10 Comments »

During the first years of the university I used to frequent a pub in Siena, where Saturday after Saturday I started to feel welcome and at home. The tables bore carved in the wood the marks of the endless chats with my friend Laura, conspiratorial words whispered in a low voice in front of a [...]

Posted in First course, Rice, Winter 35 Comments »

Every promise is a promise: after the first Juls’ Kitchen on demand I posted the spring-like recipes for buttercream cupcakes to comply with the majority, but I said as well that fresh pasta would have come soon, and here we are. A few days after my confessions of a fresh pasta maniac I found Elena’s recipe [...]

Posted in Autumn, First course, Fresh Pasta, Spring, Summer, Winter 12 Comments »