CIAMMELLA SERRONESE (an italian donut)
My mother comes from Serrone (Italy). You can imagine this little town as "the land of the free flight, of the silver olive groves, of the cesanese wine" a town of little mountain houses made of stone and wood. This is the town of warmth people and infinite kinships (such kind of kinships are narrower [...]
BABEL HUMMUS
In my opinion, the hummus comes from Damascus. I've eaten hummus anywhere in the Arab countries and it has been one of my main meals - convenient and fast, I found it very good also when packed at the supermarket - when I lived in London and Toronto. But the first thing comes to my [...]
SMOOTHIES!
During winter I'm used to drink very little water and eat very few fruits. If I didn't drink thousands of tea cups and herbal teas I could become dangerously dehydrated. To include a bit of vitamins in my diet, for the happiness of my skin and my belly, I took the good habit of consuming [...]
BORAGE PANCAKE
I quarrel always with the batter. Instead today I prepared the best pancake of ever. Maybe because best things come when you do not have too many pretensions, without the performance stress to ruin everything. Maybe because I was particularly pleased with the batter, or because I used pecorino cheese made from the 'seventeen' herbs [...]
BORAGE RISOTTO
Borage has been used by the ancient Greeks to treat a hangover, according to the Celts it gave courage to the warriors. Borage was named Euphrosinum by Plinio "because it makes the man elated, happy and satisfied" he said. The Romans considered it a miracle cure against sadness and moodiness. It was recommended also by [...]
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