Good Food Show Birmingham, ticket give away with Farringtons Mellow Yellow…..
Christmas spirit is in the air. The beautiful adverts are on TV and the Good Food Show Birmingham is imminently due to arrive on our door step.......I have teamed up [...]
Nonna Carmela e Zia Maria nella cucina.
Just a few words really. I'm so busy teaching and writing my book at the moment as I have a deadline to hit, I don't seem to have any spare [...]
Southern Italy, flavour, taste and love.
A little taster of what I got up to in my mother land Italia:Delicate courgette flowersI'm close to bursting, after my recent visit to the South of Italy. Not only [...]
Making passata con mia mamma……..
It's the time of the year when mum phones and says 'Mellie, the tomatoes are ready, let's make passata together'. It fills me with excitement and shoulders back pride to [...]
Making piadine.
There is nothing better than popping on your favorite rose printed apron, floating into the kitchen, pushing the radio button on for a little light jazz and then start cooking [...]
Autumn and Winter Cookery Classes September – December 2013
The change of seasons brings with it an abundance of different flavors and produce. I am also introducing all new students to my newly fitted Italian pizza oven, from September [...]
Drying oregano in my kitchen.
Fresh herbs torn from the garden, rinsed and chopped. I really love cooking and nothing gives me greater pleasure than nipping outside to my small herb garden and pulling on [...]
Italian Desserts, 13th July. Tiramisu alla amaretto.
The sun has been shining now for a good long ten days and tonight was the night for Italian Desserts. My task was to teach 60 ladies Italian puds and [...]
Writing a cookery book, part 1. – Trying to get it right.
I'm still blown away with the chance to write a cookery book based on the South of Italy. A dream come true, full of hard work and absolute dedication to [...]
Cucina Povera, My Italian cookery book dream.
I have secretly been working on my Italian cookery book for a while on and off , and have been waiting for news on a possible publisher.........Tick tock, tick tock........... [...]