We were staying in a small town at the base of Mount Etna in Sicily in October. I made the obligatory rounds at the pastry shops and at Condorelli spied a small selection of breads with interesting fillings. One of the breads I purchased was declared the undisputed winner and it was filled with aubergine…
Archives for January 2017
Cauliflower cheese: a firm family favourite
I remember as a child reading a series of Bunnicula books. It was a story about a vampire bunny (Bunnicula) that would suck all the juice out of vegetables, rendering them spookily white. Cauliflower was never my favourite as a child and while I have come around, even now it makes me think of vampire bunnies….
White polenta with langoustine
This dish has the same attributes as the trout with polenta dish I presented a couple of weeks ago: it is healthy, quick and easy, gluten-free and mainly compliant with most New Year’s resolutions. More importantly it is delicious. The slightly sweet succulent langoustine or crayfish are flavoured with a slight taste of garlic, wine…
Pesto lasagne
Thought Christmas was over? So Friday was Epiphany (the day everyone realised Jesus Christ was the son of God) and it was Orthodox Christmas. For me it was the second day of freedom after my children had been on holiday for a MONTH! Freedom here is actually code word for a month’s worth of admin…
2017, what to do?
I hope you all had a good New Year’s holiday. While I am definitely all for self-reflection, self-improvement and personal goals, I also think it’s important to embrace the here and now, however imperfect that may be. I like to think of it as optimism with a healthy dose of reality. So while I eschew joining…