There are tears of joy, sorrow, disappointment, anger, crocodile tears and even chopped vegetable tears. These are traditional tears, a subtle alchemy given by chopped onions, wooden cutting board and a sharp knife. Before blenders there was this ancient ritual of hand-made battuto - vegetables minced by hand on a cutting board that year after year [...]

Posted in Books, Vegetarian Recipes 11 Comments »

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 [...]

Posted in Family recipes, Meat, Tuscan Recipes 15 Comments »

I would have never expected to talk about love on my blog, especially on St. Valentine’s day. As you have probably noticed, I usually tell you everything about me, you know of my goals, my dreams, my recent move a few metres from my parents’ house, you know about the cat who arrived in August [...]

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If I were to go on a space mission and I had to eat the last meal on Earth before a diet of colorful pills, I would choose a lavish aubergine parmigiana, even if I were already dressed in a white bulky spacesuit and I had one foot on the shuttle. If I have an [...]

Posted in Family recipes, Main Course, Summer 20 Comments »

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 »