Nuts about food

    Yet another quick, one-bowl cake recipe? Yes, because you can never have enough, especially when they involve lots of dark chocol...

There is no denying that I am super excited about this recipe: a totally delicious dessert/breakfast loaf that is made without white ...

This post has been a long time coming. There was a quick family trip to the subpolar temperatures in NY (although there was plent...

        Remember the pistachio ice cream of our childhood? It came in big tubs and had a light, almost flourescent green hue. It ...

  Today is Martedì Grasso the last day of Carnival all over the world. Except Milan, where it is just beginning .   My daughter w...

    My birthday came and went last week. I would have added quietly, but have you noticed how birthdays are on steroids since the ad...

  We have been blessed by a beautiful September. The sun has been shining almost every day and the kids have been spending the warm aft...

    Plums may have been one of the first fruits to be domesticated by humans. Remains have been found dating from the Neolithic age...

      It is late in the afternoon. The shutters are half closed, a woman lies on a bed covered in a patina of sweat, her tanned li...

         I will be honest with you, I made this pie about three weeks ago, so it has taken me more than a while to post about it an...