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  • Russian Salad From Nonna Pierina (Insalata Russa)

    Russian Salad From Nonna Pierina (Insalata Russa)

        The secret ingredient to make Russian Salad special This post on Insalata Russa is a very special one, as I am writing about it to honour a great woman who passed away this time last year. Pierina, my husband’s grandmother was a powerhouse of food production. She would make a huge bowl of…

  • Fusilli With Radicchio, Speck And Gorgonzola

    Fusilli With Radicchio, Speck And Gorgonzola

        I was first introduced to radicchio when I was living in California.  I have an Italian friend who comes from the mountainous area in the North-East of Italy where radicchio is grown and used extensively.  At the time she was living in a to-die-for apartment on the way up to Coit Tower in…

  • Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce

    Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce

        My love-hate affair with artichokes It’s coming into artichoke season!  I have a love/hate relationship with artichokes.  I love to eat them but hate dealing with them: from the minute I pick them up at the market and they prick me with their nasty thorns, to the time when I’m trying to pull…

  • Anzac Biscuits: New Zealand Can’t Live Without Them!

    Anzac Biscuits: New Zealand Can’t Live Without Them!

        Why Anzac cookies are called Anzac cookies Along the theme of New Zealand recipes, I bring you Anzac biscuits! You may have already seen my post on banana cake, another Kiwi stalwart.  As a kid, Anzac biscuits were one of the staples of my afternoon tea when I came home after school.  Anzac…

  • Oven-Roasted Pumpkin (Zucca di Arianna)

    Oven-Roasted Pumpkin (Zucca di Arianna)

        The time for roasting pumpkin is here Autumn has started to be weasel its way into my consciousness: suddenly the leaves on the trees are looking slightly brown and the mornings are getting chilly.  In Southern France, it still gets hot during the day, so my boys are trying to be all macho…

  • Banana Cake

    Banana Cake

        Banana cake is my favourite! What’s yours? I figured that I’ve been giving Italian recipes a pretty good run on my blog, so now it’s time to add a few from New Zealand to balance the “Kiwi” bit of “Italian Kiwi”. The first recipe I want to share with you is one which…

  • Meatballs with Peas (Polpette con Piselli)

    Meatballs with Peas (Polpette con Piselli)

    This recipe for polpette con piselli (meatballs with peas) is another great classic from my mother-in-law, Bianca.  Friends of my husband who grew up eating these often at his parents’ place in Turin  have been bugging me to put up this recipe for a while, so here it is!  Polpette con piselli a wonderful “make…

  • Penne With Salmon and Cream

    Penne With Salmon and Cream

        Fishy pasta for people who don’t like fish  Pasta with salmon is an easy pasta dish to keep up your sleeve when you need to get something on the table in a hurry, and feel as though it’s about time you ate some fish as you know it’s good for you, but you…

  • Apricot Cake

    Apricot Cake

        The best apricot cake I’ve ever made One more week of the school holidays to go.  At this time of the year I always have mixed feelings: sad, as it’s so nice just to hang out with the kids and not have to rush anywhere, but also happy, because I’ll have more time…

  • Pad Thai with Shrimp and Tofu

    Pad Thai with Shrimp and Tofu

        Now for something completely different Here’s a recipe for Pad Thai: not Italian at all, but made with noodles, so I guess it vaguely enters into the category of distant cousin to Italian cuisine. Pad Thai is an all-in-one dish from Thailand and Laos. Noodles are eaten at many festive occasions in Asia…

  • Penne Pasta With Mozzarella And Fresh Tomatoes

    Penne Pasta With Mozzarella And Fresh Tomatoes

        It’s taken a long time, but Summer has finely showed up.  To make up for being late, it’s decided to blast us with the normal sun, plus the heat it didn’t get around to sending last month: two Summer days at the speed of one!  It’s too hot to really cook anything much. …

  • Cantuccini (The Original “Biscotti” from Tuscany)

    Cantuccini (The Original “Biscotti” from Tuscany)

        What “biscotti” are called in Italy Yes, I know I just put up another almond biscuit recipe recently, but honestly, I bought a lot of almonds when I made the marzapani, so they have to be used up. This is a recipe for classic Tuscan biscuits called cantuccini or cantucce. Cantuccini are the grandmother of the…