Autumnal gingerbread cake….. one slice is never enough!
Around 7 years ago I was invited to an open evening locally in the village of Higham Ferries. The venue was a quaint and very beautiful shop called ‘The Cranberry [...]
Ciao Gusto – The new way to shop Italian!
Ciao Gusto – Making shopping on line that little bit easier Cheese, soft in texture or slightly firmer, mild in taste or with a slight kick, our options are vast [...]
Saffron risotto – The colour almost echoes the scent of autumn
The weather has most definitely turned and in all fairness we will soon be entering the full colour change season of autumn. I begin to clap excitedly like a little [...]
Imagine a world without tomatoes? An unbearable thought for an Italian!
Tomatoes love salt and sun! How lucky are we all in the UK? We have 4 diverse seasons a year, albeit sometimes off the scale and incredibly crazy but nevertheless [...]
Lemon verbena ricotta cheese…..
Lemon verbena ricotta cheese….. I was raised on a farm in North Bedfordshire where my mum Solidea would make goats cheese and sell it along with unpasteurised milk [...]
Marjoram cavatelli pasta with pan-fried summer tomatoes & pinenuts
Freshly handmade summer pasta is on the menu today. When tomatoes are aromatic and bursting with flavour I love to use them not only eaten freshly from the greenhouse vine [...]
Plump ravioli served with hedgerow pesto & Italian pine-nuts.
My eyes open most mornings and the first thought that comes to mind after snoozing my alarm at least 3 times and sipping my scalding hot coffee is, 'What pasta [...]
Seasonal hedgerow ‘Vitochelle pesto’.
Today my father Rocco and I took my eldest two children Rocco and Natalia out foraging in the Bedfordshire countryside for what we refer to as 'Vitochelle'. For as long [...]
A celebration of 150 years with Filippo Berio & Carmela Sereno Hayes
Carmela is a published author of two fantastic Italian cookery books, ‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’ and ‘A Passion for Pasta’, released the 2nd May this year. Carmela is a pastaia [...]
Gluten free pasta using Quinoa Flour……
Gluten free pasta using Quinoa Flour I receive endless requests with regards to 'Gluten Free' pasta recipes, so I thought it was about time I experimented with a [...]