The good thing about the New Year so far is that my skin is beautifully hydrated! This is thanks to the fact that I spent the Christmas holidays in the UK countryside where it rained almost solidly for two or three weeks. Despite the weather it was a wonderful trip…. but it was definitely very,…… Continue reading SMOKY FLAVOURS: Chestnuts & Lapsang Tea with Gluten-Free Cake
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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
UNDERCOVER PORCINI: Italian-style Porcini Tempura
‘Porcini mushrooms are scarce this year’ was the word on the street. I had been searching for fresh porcini for a while but everyone kept telling me that it’d been such a hot summer that the harvest was bad and fresh porcini hard to find. But then came the rain and porcini apparently started popping…… Continue reading UNDERCOVER PORCINI: Italian-style Porcini Tempura
EATING CLOUDS IN ITALY 