• Recently written

  • Let’s party with some grilled pizza!
  • Bacon and tomato dip
  • Orange-lemon cake
  • Turkey roll-ups with paprika and garlic sauce
  • Crostini with fava bean spread
  • Quinoa with cream of leeks
  • Puntarelle, eggs, oranges and avocado salad
  • Corn and spelt cookies coated with chocolate
  • Minestrone: food for the soul
  • Verona: Venerdì Gnocolar – [Carnival 2010]

• Categories

  • Comfort Food
  • Festivals and culinary events
  • Healthy eating
  • Made in Italy
  • Recipes
    • Appetizer
    • Breads
    • Cookies
    • Dessert
    • First Course
    • Gluten free
    • Pizza, focaccia, salty cakes
    • Preserves
    • Salads
    • Second Course
    • Vegan-Vegetarian
  • Traditions
  • Travel

• Archives

  • July 2010
  • June 2010
  • May 2010
  • April 2010
  • March 2010
  • February 2010
  • January 2010
  • November 2009
  • October 2009
  • August 2009
  • July 2009
  • June 2009
  • May 2009
  • April 2009
  • March 2009
  • February 2009
  • January 2009
  • December 2008
  • November 2008
  • October 2008
  • September 2008
  • August 2008
  • July 2008
  • June 2008
  • May 2008
  • April 2008
  • March 2008
  • November 2007
  • July 2007
  • June 2007

• Blogs

  • 101 Cookbooks
  • A Life of Spice
  • Chocolate & Zucchini
  • Orangette
  • Smittenkitchen
  • Viet World Kitchen

• Friends

  • Nekton: Chinese - English all interest blog
  • Cooking in Italy: Italian cooking holidays
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

The weather has been so warm lately that I decided to lock up the heavy winter food and start eating lighter fresher foods and salads are on the top of that list. I’m always searching for as many salad recipes as possible and I ate a very good one the other week while in Valle [...]

I know it’s not a refreshing dish with summer drawing near as this is baked in the oven, however feverfew herb is at the end of the season and I really wanted to share this recipe before it’s gone. Feverfew (Tanacetum Parthenium) in Italian “erba madre” or “erba maresina” is a perennial herb that grows [...]

Panino con l’uva brings back memories of my childhood: soft white bread and a lots of raisins. We didn’t have many snacks when I was little and this panino was so delicious that I found every excuse to go to the bakery to buy it. Then I’d eat it on the way home so my [...]

I love finger food especially when it’s fast and easy to prepare. Onion crostini is just that kind of appetizer. It can be assembled in minutes when you have unexpected guests and still want to impress them. My mom taught me this recipe and I’m now making it all the time for my friends and [...]

Cookbooks

• Super Natural Cooking: Five Delicious Ways to Incorporate Whole and Natural Foods into Your Cooking
• Williams-Sonoma New Flavors for Appetizers: Classic Recipes Redefined
• Il Cucchiaio d'argento
• The Biodynamic Food & Cookbook: Real Nutrition That Doesn't Cost the Earth
• Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone
• The New Moosewood Cookbook
• Martha Stewart's Cupcakes
• The Bread Baker's Apprentice: Mastering the Art of Extraordinary Bread
• Hot Dish Heaven: Classic Casseroles from Midwest Kitchens
• The South Beach Diet Cookbook
• Falling Cloudberries: A World of Family Recipes
• Perfect Scoop: Ice Creams, Sorbets, Granitas, and Sweet Accompaniments
• The New Best Recipe

My Reading Corner