I haven’t been around that much lately. People asking me why I gave up. Actually, I haven’t. Still loving my blog experience but there is something bigger brewing up, beside the never ending with-nanny-without-nanny of this unstable and frenetic city…. Read More ›
Small Bites,
Heart Shaped Baci di Dama
Do goldfishes celebrate Saint Valentine? I am sure they do celebrate Saint Valentine, probably the don’t care much about it as everything else, but they do it. Life as a goldfish must be good, they don’t ask themselves too many… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Mini Chocolate Eclairs
Mrs Cricri. Lucky her. She has been living in London for many years, as most of us: two kids, far away from her hometown, a husband super stressed for his job, always tired and sleepless, no weekends to the beach… Read More ›
Heart Shaped Italian Cookies
‘I am done with my hairdresser, where are you now?’ – ‘doing some shopping for Cicci’s new baby, she’s due at the end of the month and she’s got three now!’ – (particularly high reproductive demographic profiles around here!!!) –… Read More ›
Chiacchiere
Yesterday it was Mardi Gras. I know in UK there is nothing to celebrate about and it’s all about Halloween instead…but we are Italians and maybe sometimes we do it better! 😉 All right, let’s see what’s the difference between… Read More ›
Lunch at Jamie Oliver’s Barbecoa – Madeleines
It’s sunday morning, it’s chilly outside and you don’t really know what to do. So Mr M, Mrs M, Miss M and Mstr M head straight to the Columbia Flower Market to have a quick – very quick, indeed – walk… Read More ›