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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

What to cook when your freezer breaks down

January 16, 2018 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

We have four questions we ask our children (and answer ourselves) every night. They are, “what was the best thing that happened today?, what was the worst thing that happened today?, what did you find challenging? and what are you most grateful for?” The most surprising thing about this little dialogue is that every day… 

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What to cook when time is short and the to-do list is long

October 10, 2017 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Do you feel like there are not enough hours in the day? That the to-do list is unfathomably long? That problems are mounting while solutions are dwindling? It’s that time of year again when the outlook seems glum, the weather gloomy, sniffles are settling in and holiday euphoria is replaced by post-holiday doldrums. I’ve been… 

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Picnic season food: pasta frittata

August 8, 2017 By wooweiduan 2 Comments

Young children and summer holidays involve some degree of planning to keep it stress-free. I don’t know about you but summer holidays for me go something like this: kids get up, eat breakfast, slowly pull on their clothes and then are bouncing off the walls, desperate to get out of the house. I inevitably make… 

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Kaiserschmarrn: the Kaiser’s delightful pancake mess

June 20, 2017 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

A few summers ago, staying in the mountains outside the spa town of Merano in the German-speaking region of Alto-Adige, we discovered Kaiserschmarrn. This fluffy concoction is similar to a sweet fried souffle made with raisins and dusted with icing sugar and served with lingonberry jam. It is of Austrian origin but is eaten throughout Alto… 

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