Southern Italian Family Cooking by Carmela Sophia Sereno
Well here it is. Anticipation, excitement , nerves and relief. Breath in , and let's see what happens. There are not many people who can say they have a dream and actually have the chance to make it become a little reality. I however have. A huge passion for Italian [...]
Good Food Show Winter – 27th – 30th November 2014
The BBC Good Food Show Winter (27th-30th November, NEC Birmingham) returns to Birmingham promising to be one of the best days out this Winter. As a member of the Show’s official blogging community I'm offering 3 pairs of general admission tickets as a fantastic prize! See some of the nation’s [...]
Passata Time.
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. Follow on the tradition of making passata with my beautiful inspirational mum is something we do together annually. The rain was [...]
Spinach pesto…
Everyone loves pesto, whether it’s simply spooned through trofie pasta, stirred into a risotto, seductively drizzled over a tomato and fresh burrata salad starter, used as a topping on toasted bread or spooned through potato gnocchi, the uses are truly endless. There are many combinations and variations of pesto. From a [...]
Carmela’s Kitchen – Pop up restarant
Well what a relief. Blood sweat and allot or organisation, shopping, cooking, seasoning and tasting pulled off and made the first Carmela's Kitchen pop up restaurant an overall riding success. Hard work and a passion to succeed with an amazing team in the kitchen and front of house made the [...]
Cookery events – Filled autumn pasta.
As part of my Italian cookery teaching I also plan and arrange large cookery classes and demonstrations for 30 to 60 students at anyone time. These classes are informal , fun, interactive and most importantly simple to master. Making students feel comfortable in a somewhat crazy environment.From pasta to antipasti, [...]
Venturi’s Table – Bringing people together through food.
I was recently invited along to the delicious and welcoming Venturi's Table in the centre of London for lunch and was overwhelmed with the range of classes and events that were on offer. Tailor made events to suit, corporate, parties, meetings and more. Fabulous fitted kitchens with top of the [...]
Fruity dried apple rings.
Having four children that are constantly hungry and demanding pasta 24 ours a day, snack time can be hard work. Trying to find something healthy for school lunch boxes or just generally to nibble on (when they are not eating pasta), I'm always in search for new options, ideas and [...]
Tapas Revolution – Omar Allibhoy
I was recently invited along to Tapas Revolution in Westfield London, a delicious tapas eatery owned by the very passionate and inspiring Omar Allibhoy. The mission should I choose to accept it was to sample dishes from the new menu that had recently been launched. I obviously dived in with [...]
A beautiful fish market in the heart of Menorca…..
I just wanted to share with you some photos I captured on my mobile from the beautiful eye opening fish markets in Cuitadella and Mao', in Menorca.In the UK, we are conservative, we follow laws, wear gloves, hair nets and the rest of it. This way of handling fish just [...]
Fichi d’ India – the fruity prickly pear.
So many names for these beautiful yet incredibly fierce fruits. I'm not really sure where I should begin, Let's start with 'Prickly pears' this is what they are known as in the UK because they are covered in tiny ready to stab you ultra thin needles. In Italy they are [...]
Ice cream dessert
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