WHITE TRUFFLES & TOPINAMBUR: Jerusalem Artichokes on Fonduta with Crushed Hazelnuts & Truffle Salt

Early autumn mornings were unnaturally quiet for me this year in the Alta Langhe. They lacked those sudden pistol-like cracks echoing through the silent, misty pre-dawn – not actually gunfire as I had initially thought (well, everything is exaggerated at 4.00am in the morning!) – but nutshells being smashed and shattered on the stone path…… Continue reading WHITE TRUFFLES & TOPINAMBUR: Jerusalem Artichokes on Fonduta with Crushed Hazelnuts & Truffle Salt

GUEST BLOGS: A ROMANTIC ALPINE FLOWER RISOTTO; HAZLENUT MERINGUES with RICOTTA & FRESH FIGS

Here are another couple of posts I did recently for http://www.turinitalyguide.com which I hope you too will like!…. click on: http://www.turinitalyguide.com/risotto-recipe A ROMANTIC ALPINE FLOWER RISOTTO click on http://www.turinitalyguide.com/langhe-hazelnut-meringue-recipe LANGHE HAZLENUT MERINGUES with RICOTTA & FRESH FIGS ……and for a lovely healthy and easy pomegranate recipe click on: http://www.turinitalyguide.com/italian-pomegranate-recipe ITALIAN POMEGRANATE HEALTH JELLIES Hope you like…… Continue reading GUEST BLOGS: A ROMANTIC ALPINE FLOWER RISOTTO; HAZLENUT MERINGUES with RICOTTA & FRESH FIGS

GUEST BLOGS: ‘THE ALTA LANGHE’ and ‘RECIPES FROM PIEDMONT’

   I know, I know!……I’m sorry I’m way behind on my blog but I?m working on the next one right now and thereafter I should be up to speed! I haven’t been idly lounging around sunning myself on a palm-edged beach – more’s the pity! But I had an exciting offer from Turin Italy Guide asking if I’d like to write…… Continue reading GUEST BLOGS: ‘THE ALTA LANGHE’ and ‘RECIPES FROM PIEDMONT’