Pizza dough… tear, fold and enjoy! #FilippoBerio
Tear and fold, that’s the only way!! When I say let’s have pizza for dinner tonight you’ll most certainly hear my children cheer with excitement and relish at the very [...]
Jam cushions…
Jam Cushions.. I’m already missing the Great British Bake Off. The programme always spurs us on to cook, bake and most certainly eat more whilst gaining a few [...]
Spinach spätzle sparrows with a taleggio drizzle
Spinach spätzle sparrows with a taleggio drizzle Inspiration can be found all around us. Be it in a book, a simple conversation, a dish we’ve eaten, an aroma, a change [...]
Savoiardi biscuit
To dip or not to dip that is the question? As the ‘Great British Bake Off’ frenzy has hit our hungry nation again I thought it was only apt to [...]
Tomato corzetti pasta … From master craftsman to pastaia!
Tomato corzetti pasta … From master craftsman to pastaia! I was never much of an artist at school and in all honesty my drawing is still as basic [...]
Lemon & strawberry tiramisu….
When I say tonight’s dessert or pudding is tiramisu some diners have a wonderful smile and a zest of anticipation and excitement on their faces whilst the remaining few fall [...]
Marjoram cavatelli pasta with pan-fried summer tomatoes & pine-nuts
Freshly handmade summer pasta is on the menu. When tomatoes are aromatic and bursting with flavour I love to use them not only eaten freshly from the greenhouse vine but [...]
Who inspires you to cook?
This week I wanted to start off by asking you a question if I may? ‘Who inspires you to cook and create in the kitchen’? Do you cook because you [...]
Southern Italian Family Cooking by Carmela Sophia Sereno
‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’ Cucina Povera - Family cooking from the heart of southern Italy from Carmela Sereno Hayes ‘Southern Italian Family Cooking’ is not just a cook book, it’s [...]
Summer apple rings – Delicious anytime of the day.
I am just loving this Mediterranean weather even though I spend most of the time perched under a parasol *redhead, however long may it continue? I say this of [...]