Archive of month: January 2012

Upside Down Caramel Apple Cake

Whenever I spot an apple recipe in a book, it gets bookmarked. Especially lately. I’ve been consuming apple desserts as if they’re the only kind available: apple tart, apple strudel, green apple sorbet, apple cake, apple bread. Anything at all made with apple is picked up without a second thought. I’d bookmarked this recipe in […]
14 years ago

Technique: How To Cut An Artichoke

How to Cut an Artichoke, the Roman way. Early in the morning at Campo de Fiori, aside from arranging the fresh produce, the vendors are busy trimming the seasonal favourite of Italians: the artichoke. While both small and large artichokes are available whole, the trimmed artichokes, ready to cook, are also on offer. This is […]
14 years ago

Campo de’ Fiori, Rome

View Slideshow On an early Friday morning I woke up at the crack of dawn, had a cup of espresso and a ricotta and cherry pastry from the forno downstairs, and walked to the market I’d heard so much about, 20 metres away. Campo de Fiori, literally meaning Field of Flowers (which it was, centuries […]
14 years ago

Happy 2012!

Happy New Year, dear readers! Thank you for sticking around here for yet another year. Thanks for emailing, commenting and even lurking (Hello Lurkers! Say hi!?). Wish you a delicious year ahead filled with joy, inspiration and magic. I’m late in wishing you, but I’ve good reason. I’ve been traveling quite a bit over the […]
14 years ago