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May

 

 The heat of the sun invites us to begin the season of lunches out in the yard. A “rosa banksiaerose” commonly known as “Lady Banks’ Rose bush” illuminates the corner where the table is set up to eat outside. May is the month of strawberries, asparagus, lettuce, and the first […]

Garden

Open Gardens

 

 The flowers that accompany my table settings and that often peep out from the dishes photographed, are grown in our yard. This year I agreed to participate the event “Open Gardens” to make a public tribute to the landscape architect Paolo De Rocco, defender of nature and lover of antiquity. […]

Appetizers, Recipes, Vegetables

Asparagus Sformatino

 

 Because my husband is a huge fanatic of asparagus, the month of May is always dedicated to searching out places where it was fresh picked. The quantities we generally buy are pretty large so I have to organize myself to cook it in various ways. One night when I came […]

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April

 

 At home this month we find the moment of the the large work in the garden, but also the joy of the flowers ranging from daffodils to tulips. The colors put us in a good mood and bring about the desire to be outdoors. The kitchen is colored with new […]

Dessert, Recipes

Cream of Pistacchio Cupcakes

 

 At the “Cucinare” tradeshow in Pordenone there was a display that had Sicilian pistachios in many forms from creams to flours or roasted salted whole pistachios. Of course I couldn’t resist the temptation to bring home a bit of that deliciousness. The cupcake that I propose materialized in my mind […]

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Grumolo: A Spring Chicory

 

 This intense green chicory is a beautiful plant that is harvested in the spring when the spring rains abound and dampens its leaves. The seeds are sown in late summer and the plant emits tender leaves that die during the winter to be reborn as a fleshy roses in the […]

Recipes, Salads

Green Petals and Egg

 

 Grumolo chicory has always fascinated me since childhood. In the fall we would chose a piece of the field and were we seeded varieties of radicchio and spinach that were resistant to the cold of winter. These seeds could germinate before winter, but during the cold season the whole plot […]