The Trembling Heart of Marche, and a Baked Mushroom ‘Lenticchiotto’
I have always lived right on this border between Marche and Romagna, twi places so different you could barely believe they are neighbors. As a result, Gradara is a cultural limbo which dialect and...
View ArticleNapoli, Malvarosa, and a Lemon & Limoncello Tiramisu
{NB: Testo in Italiano a fine post} We tend to underestimate time and overestimate distance. This is something I realized early in life. Still, the very idea sometimes slips off my hands. How many...
View ArticleA Venetian Celery Risotto, & A Freaky Raku Giveaway!
Veneto, a land situated in the northeast Italy of which the large plains turn abruptly into mountains or meet the north of the Adriatic, is a land of misty dampness, blessed with some of the best...
View ArticleGarden Diaries #1: Preamble + 2 Easy Radicchio Side Salads
Listening to: I Vespri Siciliani, Giuseppe Verdi – Ballet of the Four Seasons: Spring When Ottavio, my grandfather, was a kid, he was put to work as soon as he was tall enough to hold a plow. Still...
View ArticleChamomile Honey Muffins {GF, Vegan-izable}
The countryside is full of surprises, and many of them I disclosed over the past month. I found new foraging places and new paths, but little did I know I would even find my new studio. So here are...
View ArticleBuckwheat Pasta with Nettle Sauce: the Green Jewels of the Countryside
The first time I had nettles, I cannot say wether I was more smitten by the fact that I was eating one of the weeds that I least imagined to be edible, or by how good they actually tasted. We had been...
View Article3 Creamy, Vegan Soups for a Pre-Christmas Cleanse
(scroll to the bottom to jump to recipes) These soups are simple and essential, as I wish my new year to be. And as I wish my Christmas and New Year’s celebrations to be, in fact. When I switched to a...
View ArticleCreamy Radicchio Risotto with Mascarpone (or Not – Vegetarian & Vegan versions)
Follow my blog with Bloglovin The 2018 Workshop calendar is OUT! See it HERE. Listening to: Tarantela de Ribayaz, Arianna Savall When I was a kid, I wanted to be an adventurer. It started with me...
View ArticleVegetable Literacy #2: Veggie Kale Burger, & on Blog Writing
When I was a kid we lived in a tiny apartment that overlooked the sea. Our kitchen, which consisted roughly of a sink and a stove and a fridge cranked next to it – that fridge that my mom always yelled...
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