Quinoa is a new entry in our family’s diet. I admit not being a huge fan of it but really do enjoy this fresh summer salad for its taste as well as for its colourful vibe. Healthy, refreshing, and deeply satisfying.
A perfect combination of making a cake: simple, beautiful, fragrant and beguiling. An exotic touch thanks to the addition of rosewater and invitingly easy to make.
The secret in this recipe are the red paper flakes or peperoncino as they are called in Italian. A vegan dish where the tomatoes are roasted with peperoncino and plenty of oil, then the sweet tomato oil goes straight into the butter beans, which are whizzed up into a silky […]
Cupcakes with a twist. Who can resist layers of meat, cheese and tomato baked in little lasagna cupcakes? How two cultures clash or what happens when our Italo-American tastes meet in the middle.
Hanging on to those Greek holiday summer vibes and adding a bit of autumn flavour to this salad. Late October, early November is the season for pomegranates, pinkish red orbs filled with crunchy seeds (known as arils), bursting with flavor. Delicious, juicy and jewel-like, the pomegranate’s seeds are packed with […]
Back from a lovely Greek holiday, this is an easy way to transport you right back to that fresh sea breeze… if only in your mind.
Perfect for a summer cocktail this refreshing dip will transport you straight onto the island of Mykonos… if only in your thoughts!
If you just happen to have some leftover asparagus, new potatoes and radish this is a simple a delightful potato salad with a twist.
Penne alla Vodka is one of those recipes that too often gets over looked in Italian cuisine. It’s not just penne pasta in tomato sauce, there’s a lot more to this simple, delicious comfort food. In Italian cuisine, you don’t often find cream sauce mixed with tomatoes or red sauce […]
A vibrant fresh dish that is great for “aperitivo” accompanying your Campari spritzes or as an after-school kids’ snack. Choose dark red tomatoes or multicoloured, perfectly ripe cherry tomatoes that appear in the summer months and jazz it up with green basil. It never fails!
A Swiss globetrotting mum, figlia di Americano, con corazòn Napoletano and a British accent walking on the wild side between Paris, Lugano and Madrid! An entrepreneurial Expat with a passion for cooking and a curiosity for any new recipe which is easy, uncomplicated and fast to prepare. Desserts are my speciality but I can bash up a 5 course meal if I have to in a couple of hours. So enjoy and BUON APPETITO!
