Mum, only for you my song flies Mum, but my most beautiful song is you you are my life and for the rest of my life I'll never leave you again Claudio Villa dedicated a really famous song to his mum - you've probably heard it before. You know, Italians are famous for their attachment to their mums, and most of the time this is true. We say “there is only one mum and there is no one like her” (for better or worse hehe). Did you know that mother’s day doesn't fall on the same day everywhere? For example, in Italy this year it will be the 14th of May (it’s usually the second Sunday in May) ...
Chocolate and Strawberry Plum Cake
Even if Spring has already started, here it's still pretty cold. I can’t say that in the UK the temperatures change a lot from one season to the other, but is still really cold to be May. All I want is just to stay outside, have an outdoor picnic or cocktail, but for now is not possible at all. I'll probably have to put my wishes off until I go back to Italy. So, I tried to colour and put some energy in my day with a chocolate and strawberry plum cake, a real pleasure for eyes and mouth. I was so happy the way that it turned out that, once I finished making it, I started to waltz ...
Valentine’s cheesecakes for SINGLES
Here we are, in February. The most popular day of this month is probably the 14th, Valentine's Day, in which two contrasting groups of people take to the streets: those who love it and those who hate it. I’ve always become upset when I hear some Italian sayings like one that says: “Valentine's is the celebrations for idiots, that think they are loved and blablabla..”, I don’t like it, and I don’t like the idea that people who are single are excluded on this day. I think that Valentine's is the day of Love in all its forms, be it the love for family, for friends or for our pets, why not?! ...
Banana bread
Have you ever bought some fruit and, for some reason, didn't eaten it until it became too ripe? I mean those times in which the fruit is still good but not as tempting as before...And so you walk around and around, glancing at it in the hope that it will become young and beautiful again. And you feel guilty, because you know that that fruit needs to be eaten, and yet it’s still there, looking at you from the fruit basket doing its best to get your attention and be eaten. Well, today's recipe calls for overripe bananas, those bananas that nobody wants to eat. However, the most interesting ...