Christmas gifts: 10 cookbooks for Italian food lovers
In the past ten years I've been listing my Christmas gifts to family and friends on a booklet and I've discovered I usually shift from year to year from foodie gifts…
Rita, Nigella and me: in praise of imperfection. Torta margherita with limoncello
We were still teenagers, we had just entered high school, we were sitting at our desk full of hope, fear and expectations. Professor Lanfredini came into our class to announce…
Six years of Juls’ Kitchen
Today Juls' Kitchen is 6 years old. There have been 537 blog posts, 6.846 comments, countless important friendships born across different seas and continents, or simply across the Apennines. A few blog…
A tea moment and an old Italian gluten free cake: pasta margherita.
Every day at 5 o'clock sharp, every day for thirty years a comforting ritual took place in my kitchen. We kept this ritual until I moved on my own, seven…
Books, roast chicken and a farewell
When I was a child bookshelves at home were overfilled with home magazines, cars magazines, books and an old cooking encyclopedia my mum bought before getting married: a few issues…
Grab your spoon. Chocolate pudding
In how many ways can you eat your dessert? You can stuff your mouth with chocolates and pralines, tiny puff pastries and tartlets overfilled with custard, meringue kisses, cookies and…
Walking hand in hand. Ricotta and peach cake and the JK newsletter
When you walk hand in hand with someone, well, it is pretty special. You trust the other person, choose a common pace and follow a shared goal, a real or…
A Tuscan Christmas lunch – panforte, a spicy cake from Siena
"Among the dishes required by tradition there are quite a fews that can be missed or replaced, as the stuffed capon with a roast turkey or the black and white…
Italian Table Talk: summer preserves. French beans in oil
When I was attending the middle school my Italian teacher asked us to write a self-analysis booklet, in which we were supposed to describe ourselves through photographs, drawings and short sentences.…
Carnival rice fritters
Siena, outdoor location shots, winter. The Sienese people, the University students and the few tourists that in this time of the year are forced to pass through the tiny shadowy…