The Trifle Challenge – the results
” …with trepidation I take the bowl out of the fridge and carry it to the table, along with a plate and a spoon. I serve myself a large portion – as my grandpa always used to say, ‘if you’re … Continue reading
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Sunday Supper
A Sunday night chuck it together kind of a lazy supper for one, to use up whatever you’ve got left in the fridge. I had a medium aubergine, a small courgette and some ricotta, as well as a jar of … Continue reading
Two crabs and a lobster
“They’re here,” says Dad, interrupting my vital early evening viewing of some obscure Olympic sport or another. I stay in my seat. ‘They’ are two brown crabs and a lobster, caught off the Dorset coast sometime today, and my guess … Continue reading
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Treats
I don’t usually do #frifotos, but when I found out that the theme for today is treats I knew I had the perfect pictures. There’s a bit of a story to go with them, too – but that’s a tale … Continue reading
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Italish
Lizzy is mid-sentence when she takes in a sharp breath and stops talking. Her voice lowers. “Too loud,” she mutters, succinctly, nodding towards the two women behind Ali and me. “We’re being *commented* on.” Shortly thereafter the two women pick … Continue reading
Beer and gelato
You have to try the chips – they’re amazing! Linda’s not joking. Even though I hadn’t accounted for the difference between English and American chips, and was therefore expecting something chunkier, the thin-sliced, so-fresh-they’re-still-hot crisps that arrive are delicious. Dipped … Continue reading
Expat Writers’ Book Fair
What do you get if you put 80 writers together in a courtyard garden on a sunny afternoon in Rome? No, nothing to do with typewriters or infinite monkeys. In fact, it’s The Expat Writers Book and App fair, organised … Continue reading
Vizzini sagra di ricotta in pictures (part 2)
And now we get to the meat of it. Well, cheese. And meat. Cheese and meat. Mmmm … A lactose-intolerant’s nightmare. This woman was at the stall for a good half-hour, tasting different cheeses and amassing an enormous pile of … Continue reading
On food and friendships
Hey. You want to help me research my family near Palermo? It’s a casual request from my American friend Maryann via Facebook, and I say yes without thinking twice. It sounds like it should be fun, but it’s not going … Continue reading
Something to believe in
Peggy was a formidable woman. Brought up atheist by Jewish parents, and married to a practising Christian, her faith was, in many ways, cooking – something which she passed on to her daughter, who in turn passed it on to … Continue reading
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Tagged calabria, Italy, puglia, sicily
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