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Mussels soutè
Ciao, here I am back in Umbria ready to share a few words and many images with you showing what has made November an amazing month for me ,full of incredible emotions and beautiful experiences. After flying to London for the second time this year I arrived in my “other kitchen” and with my [...] 
Black and white Risotto, using squid ink and a 24 month matured parmesan cheese for a creamy risotto served with calamari and a crispy parmesan waffle.
I would say most people ( understandably) assume that living in these fantastic hills of Umbria we are woken each morning by a beautiful dawn chorus, well at [...] 
Wild mushrooms risotto
NO BUONO. At the end, we had to cancel the olive harvest! After spending days and days with our ears pinned to the radio listening to the scary weather forecasts for the olive picking weekend, it seemed we only had two sensible options (1) would be to build a Noah’s ark or [...] 
Risotto with Oysters and Spumante wine
Yes, it`s the sort of dish you dream of, Risotto with Oysters and Spumante wine (Italian version of Champagne)!! Mamma mia What Bliss!!!!!!!! And what , I can hear you say,were you and Nick celebrating ,well the answer is NIENTE !(NOTHING!) We were just making the most of a [...] 
Essence
Two months ago I was asked by my friend Velia if I would like to enter the Risate e Risotti cooking competition for food bloggers . The idea of the competition was to create a dish using rice as the main ingredient and to send in a photo of your creation. The event is [...] 
Sea bass fillet with pistachio and lemon served with seafood risotto
It takes two wheelbarrows full of wood a day to warm up (or try to warm up) the ground floor of our house in the hills, but what worries us is the fact that at the moment here in Umbria it is not [...] 
Risotto grape and gorgonzola cheese
Everywhere you go these days you’ll see tractor after tractor full of white grapes on the roads and if you walk past a winery the fragrance of grape juices will fill your lungs, I love it. All around everybody talks about one thing ,THE harvest, yes it’s that [...] 
Clams and Asparagus risotto
Earlier this week we finally decided to make an important investment, a new oven. It would seem an easy thing to do, but believe me after days of researching on sizes, different techniques of cooking and of course … .. the cost ..for two nights I even dreamt about [...] 
Artichokes and goats cheese risotto A few months ago I was contacted by this wonderful American couple, Bill and Kristi who had discovered Orvieto years ago . They have become so in love with this small medieval town that every chance they get they come back to it. More than that , over the [...] 
Essence Ciao to you all, how was your Easter? mine was fantastic .Guess what was my chocolate egg … a wonderful surprise … Nick back from Libya. The strange thing is that the two goats were very happy about the event too. In fact the first morning Nick was back they were both under our [...] 
Suppli “Lucky you”….. I have heard many times. “Living in the country , among the Umbrian hills … …. It’s like always being on holiday. Peace and quiet, no traffic, no city chaos “… … …Yes, Yes, it’s all true , but you forget the hassle of putting on the fire every day for [...] 
Octopus risotto After spending three weekends locked inside the house, trying to keep warm and stay dry , a certain amount of cabin fever was setting in . Then Saturday morning we woke up to SUN. It ‘s amazing how the sun affects my mood and energy , so we decided to make a [...] 
risotto black and white Finally the weekend. Everything was planned. Cocktails in one of Romes more swanky bars, followed by a quick limousine ride to a waiting jet and dinner on the Almalfi coast …… O.k , back to reality! 
risotto gorgonzola, pear and walnuts It ‘s finished! Everything that needed to be done in the fields is finished. The grapes and now the olives have been picked. In fact , 3oo kg of olives , an equivalent of 48 liters of Extra Virgin Olive Oil!! Not bad. We were very lucky over the weekend [...] |
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Fame at last !
Pine nuts and Gorzonzola cheese Zucchini parcel
Yet another month has passed and even though we live in the middle of nowhere, it is unbelievable the number of people who have passed thro my kitchen in the last few months. They all came to share the same passion for Italian food. Absolutely fantastic!
I have met many [...]