Yes, I agree with you. The decoration of this birthday (not mine) cake sucks. It is my first attempt at decorating a cake with frosting and beginner's luck did not to assist me, this time. I can at least say I kept alive the family tradition of hand-craft ugly cakes. We Italians like to keep our food …
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Italy is the kingdom of Pizza and Naples is its capital. It is not surprising that Italians, despite being notoriously die-hard when it comes to feed themselves and their families, love to experiment in the kitchen to create different pizza bases and make meals, I'd say, "pizza-ble" (definition from my personal dictionary: food gussied up …
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Living in London means many things. One of these is that just 15 minutes long tube rides can take you to the countryside - to a farm inhabited by pigs and ducks - and to a busy, metropolitan and eclectic district. This is my Saturday in pics, a day spent visiting the Mudchute farm in …
Just another different Tiramisu recipe. Where's the coffee gone? I haven't forgotten it, I swear. I've just decided to cheer myself up with another very popular Italian product, instead. Limoncello. Here citrus notes replace the caffeine kick of one of my favorite baverages. Why so? I had to share a cake/dessert with someone who doesn't …
This year, the lengthening of the day surprised me as never before. Or maybe just like every year, when after a couple of hours of daylight more it feels like a new change is about to come. Many months of darkness and freezing weather made me feel like an automaton adapted to live in black and white, …
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When I woke up this morning I could almost smell sweet pancakes in the air. I could almost visualize those small, thick and spongy crepes that would make my breakfast a happy and cheerful moment. Too bad it was just my imagination. Even worse, I did not have a plain flour. Not to step off …
