My coming out: I’m gluten intolerant
One thing that you still don't know about me is that I'm gluten intolerant. How do I cope with this? I bake gluten-free focaccia myself! Here is the recipe...
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The loss of (after) taste and smell due to covid-19
We are among the many people who experienced the loss of taste and smell due to covid-19, but as food lovers this was particularly hard to handle.
Grandma’s Enza French omelette or “eggs a meletta”
My grandma's recipe (which is not even a recipe) for French omelette is irreplaceable. If she was still alive, she would challenge chef Jacques Pepin and I'm sure she would win!
An unexpected match: avocado and mustard
A food and wine expert invites me over for lunch and offers me several appetizers such as avocados served with mustard. They literally blow my mind away!
The witch’s meatballs with tomato sauce
You might be asking: 'Who's the witch?'. It's my mother-in-law who doesn't like cooking but makes the best overflowing meatballs with tomato sauce.
Grandma Lina cooks priceless pasta with mussels
Whenever I go back to the place where I was born in Southern Italy, a plate of pasta with mussels is there waiting for me, freshly cooked by my grandma, Lina.