Sanguinaccio is a typical Neapolitan black pudding originally prepared with pig’s blood during the Carnival holidays. Now don’t tell me you expected something pink, heart shaped and cute for Valentine’s Day. I wouldn’t like to disappoint you but… Things are that I’m not too up for acts of romanticism inspired by a well planned marketing strategy. I can hold down my cynicism, …
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I pay a visit to my blog and I found myself staring flatly at my pictures. It is happening more and more often these days. It is not the quality of my photography that makes me feel inadequate but rather the blank space in between the images. It’s time for a confession (I know you like confessions): I’m in …
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It’s been a few days since I last enjoyed my oatmeal-based breakfast. I am just waking up with an intense craving for croissant pancakes. I’ve read somewhere that some foods are very effective in increasing the level of dopamines, the neurotransmitter that helps control the brain’s reward and pleasure centers. My morning oats must have stopped working together with …
There would be many things to say about chocolate. If heaven had a taste it would be similar to the taste of chocolate. I could go on and on with praises to this magnificent invention of the human creativity. Appropriate for every occasion, both for happy and sad moments (don’t we indulge in chocolate to find in it some comfort …
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Today’s recipe is beautifully dark. As dark as the caramel I made by heating dark molasses and coconut palm sugar in water. I don’t suffer from emotional eating. It’s rather the other way around, some dishes make me emotional. Take this simple French apple pie, for example: it served the high purpose to make my …
Shrove Tuesday. Does this mean a “confess” day or a Pancake Day to you? If it wasn’t for Wikipedia I did not know that today I am supposed to “make a special point of self-examination”, and consider what wrongs I need to repent. I am inclined to think I’ve made more wrongs to myself than to the others …
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