The tastiest Italian pizza comes from an exuberant city in southern Italy that surrounds a dormant volcano called Vesuvius. It’s Napoli, the city where I was born. There, Pizza is art and religion at the same time, a specialty always prepared to reach an inimitable texture and softness. Although only Neapolitan Pizzaioli (pizza makers) know the secret for the finest …
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Chocolate cravings can placated with no feelings of guilt by these small treats. I eat them after dinner to end the day with a mellisonant note, sometimes in the morning to get started with a self-soothing moment. 7 small mini cakes that will take care of me once a day during a week of icy …
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Did you know that eating habits and carbon dioxide emissions are strictly related? The amount of CO2 produced in the transportation and processing of food depends on our diet: it ranges from 600 kg of CO2 in case of vegetarian diets to 3,000 kg of CO2 for diets based on red meat consumed on a daily basis. It …
Soft, delicate and fruity cake. This recipe belongs to my mum and sister (good girls, they prepared this extra soft cake while I was with them, in Italy, on Christmas holidays). Peggy at Cake Crumbs and Beach Sand is having a virtual party to celebrate 1000 lovely friends on Facebook. She asked me to pop over …
Another italian classic: Tagliatelle ai Funghi. The autumN flavor of mushrooms meets the delicacy of a long, flat pasta. Definitely one of my favourite main, a dish that delivers a great taste whether the pasta is made with durum wheat semolina or eggs. Preparing a great mushroom sauce isn’t difficult at all, it’s all about …
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Small legume, great satisfaction! I believe I am kicking off the year very well. I am cooking soy beans, need to say more? Do I need to say that soy beans contain lot of proteins (approximately 35%), lipids (20%) most of them unsaturated (the good ones) and that they help lower cholesterol and protect the …
