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Food with a view
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Chestnut Tart
Going to the hairdresser and be treated by the gayest guy in the Chelsea village is one of the thing I like the most in my ‘sciura’ style life. (see https://casamia-inlondon.com/2013/01/28/lemoncake/ for “sciura style”). Actually he is not the gayest guy… Read More ›
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Saint Honoré with chocolate pastry cream and whipped cream
One of those mornings when, after dropping the kids off at school, you have a long ‘to do’ list and nevertheless you end up drinking coffee and chit-chatting with other mums at your local café. One of those mornings when,… Read More ›
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White caprese cake with Limoncello, the Capri’s cake
It’s been hectic so far. And I am still not sure if I am able to be a proper mum, as they consider this here in London. My life now is only a matter of good mornings, good afternoons and goodbyes…. Read More ›
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Cantucci, dry cookies
Sometimes you just want lo sleep like a baby, with that world-trusting sweet stillness. But I hate pills of any kind and I find sleeping pills the worst on earth. The only way I can manage to go through the… Read More ›
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Homemade Ravioli with inside-out Amatriciana
Amatriciana sauce is very Italian. The recipe is traditionally from Amatrice, a nice village not very far from Rome. Usually you have spaghetti or penne with amatriciana sauce. This is made out of tomatoes, cheek lard and pecorino cheese all together…. Read More ›
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Crunchy chocolate disc with ricotta mousse
Yep. It’s been a long while, mea culpa, and unfortunately I am still struggling with my non-routine-slash-post-summer-daily-mess. What I have been telling my self for the last 20 days is – ok, summer’s done, kids finally back to school (kinda), housekeeping… Read More ›
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Light-weight Chocolate Cupcakes, Torta Margherita
3 years have gone already. Almost. And we are all focused on organising the birthday party for the twins. Planning, buying balloons, do I really need helium to make them fly?! Do you know there is a world shortage of… Read More ›
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Orange and Chocolate Sponge Cake
A few years spent baking already and I still don’t have a KitchenAid! Mrs Seddy always makes fun of me because I take ages to whip the cream or to whisk the eggs and the sugar! The thing is I… Read More ›
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Lemon Bavarois
Reading other people’s blog I found that they really talk about their own life and personal thoughts. I discovered an entire world out there, bloggers and bloggers having discussion.. about nothing. Someone posts a recipe and someone else goes like ‘yummy,… Read More ›
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A quick-witted week end in The Amalfi Coast
First Monday of May, bank holiday. I have been living in UK for 6 years by now and still I need to explain every year what ‘bank holiday’ means to my mum and my closest Italian friends. To me, it’s… Read More ›
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