We left home on a Friday night, heading to my parents home, in Varese, where we left the cat and we slept few hours before leaving for the airport (Malpensa is much nearer to my parents house then to our home in Milan) at 4.30 am on a Saturday.3 hours flight with EasyJet from Milan
Morocco… That’s where I’ve been in the last two weeks… And that’s where I would love to live the rest of my life! Morocco… A beautiful country, made of sand, sea, ocean and imperial cities… Morocco… The land where time really stops! At first we thought it was our watch, but soon realized that the
I was born in the Lake region of Italy: only around Varese there are 7 lakes (famous for a hard bike tour): Varese, Maggiore, Comabbio, Biandronno, Monate, Ghirla, Ganna ! Well, do not imagine lakes of the size of an American lake: no, nothing like that! They small lakes, but very very picturesque… Those lakes
[Update: the pictures were added Monday, 31 March 2008, at 8.56, Italy Time for the reasons explained below] Oh gosh, it’s today! I though it was for tomorrow!I was freely going around the net this morning, when I hit my FaceBook page and saw a random status message from Jean Aw, Tastespotting founder, saying “…
Here I am, neglecting my blog since ages and then, what do I publish? A book review! Not even a recipe and not even a picture! Bad Sara, bad!But my book review is more useful then anything you can think of… My book review is about a book, as you can easily understand for the
I have recently became accustomed to Bollywood movies! They rock!!! I love them!!!So, when my friend Sara (my Bollywood movies pusher) proposed a Bollywood night, well, I jumped in with great pleasure!!! 🙂And I proposed to bring an old favourite of my husband: the Indian rice pudding.It’s a really soothing dessert, fairly simple, but worthy
This morning I was happily going through my March issue of Olive (courtesy of my kind friend Sarah Blow), one of the prominent British food magazine, and I found an article titled “Cheap Shots. Even Michelin-starred chef need to know how to cook on a budget. Olive reveals how the professional cut down on food
I love Julia Child! Love, love, love her! Last summer I read her biography and I was just startled by her voice: clear, gentle, friendly…So, when I saw this month challenge I thought: “GREAT! A dream comes true!!!”I knew that when Mary and Sara chose this particular recipe they were going in the right direction
Or at least on Italian television…Which I seldom watch, but just the other day I catch a glimpse of this thing pictured left… and I thought: “OMG!”Then with my on-line grocery shopping it came as a nice little present. As fate was guiding me in such clear ways, could I ever avoid to try it???I
It can sound very snobbish, it can sound very overconfident, but I personally feel like him: “Are you a blogger too? Give me your camera. I’ll take a really blurry, close-up picture of the grapefruit in my salad. When do you think people are going to start making fun of bloggers?” Danny Meyer via Serious