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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Cauliflower cheese: a firm family favourite

January 23, 2017 By wooweiduan 1 Comment

Cauliflower can be green

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…. 

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Filed Under: Food, footer Tagged With: castelmagno, cauliflower, cheese, piemonte

The joy of alpine milk

February 23, 2016 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Fitting the paddle to the cauldron

I, like many people, find thoughts of melted cheese and skiing in the Alps inseparable. Fondue and raclette are signature winter mountain fare. In Valle d’Aosta the iconic cheese is Fontina, where it is exclusively made amongst the highest mountains in Europe:  Monte Bianco (Mont Blanc), Monte Rosa, Cervino (the Matterhorn/Zermatt) and Gran Paradiso. Two… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer Tagged With: cheese, fontina, panizzi, valle d'aosta

Why you should avoid “Parmesan” cheese? And what you should buy instead…

June 23, 2015 By wooweiduan 7 Comments

A wheel of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese (the real Parmesan)

Parmesan is one of the most famous cheeses in the world and is an ubiquitous presence on the table of any Italian restaurant. What is less known is that anything labeled “Parmesan” is not in fact Parmesan. In fact the name “Parmesan” is no longer permitted to be used within the European Union. What was… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: cheese, emilia, modena, parma, parmesan, parmgiano-reggiano

Happiest sheep in the world?

August 5, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Sardegna may be home to some of the happiest sheep in the world, thoughtfully grazing overlooking some of the most spectacular coastline in the world. This is reflected in the cheese. The morning we went to the farm of Sa Mandra in Alghero, they were churning the ewe’s milk to make ricotta. First they put… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Holiday, Travel Tagged With: cheese, pecorino, sardegna, sardinia

Tuscan Villa

August 6, 2013 By wooweiduan 1 Comment

   Our Tuscan Summer Holiday   We arrived at the large gate which opened onto a cypress tree-lined drive leading up to the vast 17th century villa. Set amongst a vineyard, an olive grove, and a small forest complete with pheasant, rabbits, and orange mushrooms seemingly from outer space, this was to be our home… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Food, footer Tagged With: bistecca, cheese, chianina, cinta senese, fiorentina, macellerie neri, olive, pecorino, pecorino di fossa, toscana, Tuscany

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