Torta di riso massese – the Tuscan baked rice custard
byEastern is getting closer and in the area where I live people are already baking the traditional Eastern pies and cakes. As I already told you last year with Torta coi…
Sweet tooth
Paciarella, stale bread, milk and cocoa cake
byI remember this cake, still in its baking pan, laying at the left side of the tv in the kitchen. It was standing there for days, not because we didn’t…
Pan d’arancio, a Sicilian orange cake
byLemons, tangerines, clementines, oranges. If there’s something I impatiently wait at this time of the year, that are citruses. The scent of the lemon zest, the sweetness of a clementine,…
Pan Meino, a treat from Lombardy
bySeptember means back to school; therefore Cucina Conversations girls and I (what’s Cucina Conversations? Head to the first post, and you’ll discover!), we chose merenda as this month’s topic. Merenda is…
Ricotta and Blueberry Cheesecake, made in Garfagnana
byI think I was attending high school, the first time that cake mixes appeared in the Italian supermarkets. The first type of cake mix I saw was a torta alla…
Cucina Conversations: Gelo di Mellone (Watermelon Jelly)
byIt’s incredible, but we are at the turning point of this 2017 and we are hitting already the tenth edition of Cucina Conversations, the roundtable about Italian food I’m sharing with…
Cherry and almond cake
byIt’s incredible, we are already at the 15th of June. During these weeks I haven’t taken enough care about my blog, but I have a good reason. Finally the project Social Destination…
Coconut Rochers
byI eat everything and I can’t deny I’m proud of it. But I haven’t always been this way. When I was a child, but also later, I sometimes refused to…
Cucina Conversations: Torta coi becchi, Chocolate and Rice Pie
byThe April issue of Cucina Conversations is about Easter recipes, and I decided to go for something sweet. Here in Versilia the true stars of this period are crostate: delicious shortcrust…
Banana Bread, the perfect recipe
byWhenever I buy a bunch of unripe bananas, I put them in a basket and I wait until they reach the perfect ripeness stadium. I don’t know if it happens…