Cake and steak
The journey from Bologna to Florence is an easy one: 40 minutes on a high-speed, comfortable train. If you travel, as we did, just before dawn on a clear April morning, you get to see the sky changing from … Continue reading
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Eating the Italian way
(image by ehpien on Flickr) Thankfully, the train does indeed go to Lecce, as I have a lunch date to get to, with Tina, of Tina Tangos. There’s only one thing better than eating delicious food, and that’s sharing it … Continue reading
‘Time for bed,’ said Zebedee
(image by ilmungo on Flickr) Friday night was almost like being back in the UK: getting drunk, staying up until 7am and eating kebabs. In a twist to the story, however, the kebabs were the first thing on the menu … Continue reading
St Clements
(images by Kate Bailward) This post has been entered into the “Grow Your Own” roundup, created by Andrea’s Recipes and hosted this month by House of Annie. Everywhere you turn at the moment there are oranges and lemons. A few … Continue reading
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Oh, the shame!
(image by vk-red on flickr) From the ages of 11-14 I went to a girls’ boarding school near Bristol. As part of our slightly old-fashioned ladylike education, we received both needlework and cookery lessons. To counteract the girliness, we were … Continue reading
Not all hearts and (zucchini) flowers
Along with seeing the sights, one of the lovely things about Rome was meeting new people. I stayed in the Casa Internazionale delle Donne, which is a women’s hostel. Being women, of course we got to chatting, and I found … Continue reading
The kitchen diaries
(image by EagleXDV on Flickr) Our oven is a fearsome beast, heating either at blisteringly hot or HOTTER THAN THE SURFACE OF THE SUN. The simmering ring doesn’t even work. I assume it’s not considered worthwhile using such a small … Continue reading
Woman cannot live on pasta alone
When I told people that I was moving to southern Italy, usually the response was something along the lines of, ‘oh, the food’s WONDERFUL there!’ This would closely be followed by something about endless sunshine. The sunshine bit is holding … Continue reading
DLaM and the Deathly Tobacco
(image by Whisperwolf on Flickr) Learning Italian is a bit of a hit and miss affair with me. I have neither the time nor the inclination to sit down with books and learn by rote, so I tend to pick … Continue reading
Aubergines, three for a paaaand!
(image by Piccolina Photography on Flickr) The next 10 days are quiet. Classes are taking a while to be programmed in – obviously, George’s departure has upset the timetabling a bit. It’s quite a relief to be starting off slowly, … Continue reading
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