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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Taste the real Sardegna: Gastronomic adventures

August 12, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Culurjones (pasta stuffed with potato)

Many people flock to Sardegna for the perfect blue skies and spectacular coastline, opting for seafood in the Mediterranean heat but I think this is a mistake. They are overlooking the tradition of this pastoral island and the unique culture of the Sardinians. We stayed at a farm hotel (agriturismo) near Alghero called Sa Mandra,… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Holiday, Travel Tagged With: amarettos, aranzada, casadinas, casarecce, Culurjones, food, formagelle, fregola, ghisadu, guanciale, lumachine, Maharrones de busa, mallorredus, pabassinas, pancetta arrotolata, porcetto, porcheddu, prosciutto, ricottelle, sa mandra, sardegna, sardinia, sausage, seadas, Tiricche

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

Scotland’s more exotic cousin?

July 15, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Before coming to Sardegna, I had always heard of the pastoral heritage of the island influencing the meat-laden cuisine, leading to a vision of a tropical Scotland in my mind. I had not expected the raw beauty of the arid vegetation, called the macchia mediterranea, contrasted against some of the most striking coastline in the… 

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Filed Under: Children, Food, footer, Holiday, Travel, Wine

Follow these 14 rules to bake bread like a pro

May 19, 2014 By wooweiduan 6 Comments

Why is bread from a bakery so much better than bread baked at home? Ever used a recipe to bake bread only to find that it looked nothing like the picture?   Imagine if you could bake bread using flour, water, salt and yeast and come out with consistently great bread, no matter what season…. 

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How to make perfectly moist cakes every time without an oven

April 29, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

A friend told me that she was baking cakes in her rice cooker because she didn’t have an oven. It is relatively common in Asia to not have an oven and I thought this a poor substitute. I imagined the cakes to turn out burnt and hard on the bottom and undercooked and still liquid… 

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How much do you know about Easter?

April 15, 2014 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Colomba di Pasqua by Nicola

Tradition Easter is a traditional religious holiday to celebrate the day that Christ rose from the grave after the crucifixion. During the Easter week there are religious processions throughout Italy, often with participants wearing traditional dress and carrying palm fronds or olive branches (a reference to the palm branches a symbol of goodness and victory… 

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Filed Under: Family, Food, footer, Holiday

A Gastronomic Tour of Tuscany and Umbria

August 21, 2013 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Our little corner of Tuscany near Lucignano had many perfectly distanced options for morning jaunts with small children, ensuring sightseeing and meandering lunches at authentic local trattorias for the adults and gelato and short car journeys guaranteeing a timely return for nap time for the children. Having congratulated ourselves on a nice morning out, we… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Food, footer, Travel Tagged With: arezzo, bistecca fiorentina, bottega di rame, castiglione, conte matto, coregone, da forcillo, hosteria la vecchia rota, isola maggiore, la torre di gnicche, lucignano, montepulciano, pan pepato, passignano, trasimeno, trattoria del pascatore, Tuscany, Umbria

Best Wine in the World? A Visit to Ornellaia

August 8, 2013 By wooweiduan 1 Comment

Ornellaia Cellar Visit Driving along the cypress tree-lined road towards Ornellaia, we passed winery after winery. With each one a gleeful sound would arise from my husband seated next to me in the car. We are in Bolgheri, a relatively new wine area in Tuscany previously known for potatoes, and a virtual Disneyland of favourite… 

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Filed Under: footer, Travel, Wine Tagged With: bolgheri, cabernet sauvignon, merlot, ornellaia, super tuscan, Tuscany, wine

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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