It’s somehow always the one thing you can’t have that you desperately want. I remember longing daily for steamy, buttery mashed potatoes while on safari in Africa. I would imagine my daily cornmeal mush was actually potatoes (and I like cornmeal mush). Then there was the time I spent a weekend on a rice boat…
Archives for April 2017
What all Italians want you to know
So let’s just say that there is one common mistake made internationally when preparing Italian food. It is the most complained of mistake amongst Italians; an unforgivable faux pas. It is also easily rectifiable. This advice does not come lightly as I do always think that whenever a generalisation is made about Italian food, such as there…
Casatiello: an iconic centuries-old recipe for Easter bread
I remember my first Easter in Italy. A group of friends had planned to go to Naples to see the museums and eat at the famous pizzerias. Afterwards we would explore the islands and the Amalfi coast. Upon arriving in Naples, we went into a bakery looking for picnic fodder and on the counter sat…
The perfect spring dish: lamb and artichoke stew
Spring is here and with it appear bouquets of tightly closed artichokes. While cleaning artichokes may seem a painstaking process for some, I love the feel of their rubbery petals and the squeaking sound they make as you snap them off. My children love it too and we make short work of what might otherwise…