Nuts about food

       When I made this, the wisteria was still blooming outside of our kitchen window. The weather was warm, the smell was divine and we kept the window open all day to make ...

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

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  I do not showcase pasta as much as I probably should on this blog, given that I live in Italy and we all love it in any shape or size. The reason is that more often than not,&nbs...

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There is no denying that I am super excited about this recipe: a totally delicious dessert/breakfast loaf that is made without white carbs, sugar and butter but is full of hidden antioxidants and...

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This post has been a long time coming. There was a quick family trip to the subpolar temperatures in NY (although there was plenty of sunshine and love to warm our hearts while there). ...

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I tend to be an optimist, I have always been that way (unless we're talking bureaucracy, then I am given to looking on the black side). To me the glass is usually half full, not half empty, ...

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    Stuffed cabbage soup is what you make when you bought the ingredients to make stuffed cabbage only to realise you just don't have the time to go through the whole process (after you...

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Life is bittersweet in all of its nuances, in the big things and the little things. In the big picture there are love and loss, health and illness, success and failure. And then there a...

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The worst thing is starting a new week with little sleep. I know because my week began with just a handful of hours between Sunday and Monday. It all started with a nightmare and soothing a ...

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Alternative title: Chinese food that really isn't Chinese Most of us are aware that the Chinese food we eat is often heavily bastardized. I still haven't had the privilege of eating the auth...

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After these holidays my brain feels like it has been given a hard reset: blank. Totally devoid of any important or useful information to function. Empty. When I was preparing my daughter's school...

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Hi friends, forgive me for being away for so long. I will admit I was tempted several times to post a hurried recipe with bad photos taken on endless rainy days and not much of a story just to le...

http://nutsaboutfooditaly.blogspot.com/2014/12/passata-di-zucca-e-funghi-porcini-cream.html

 In my previous post I promised you two recipes we prepared during the the course at the cooking school Salotto del Gusto with Chef Maurizio Dall'Omo.   As impressive and fancy as th...

http://nutsaboutfooditaly.blogspot.com/2014/11/sea-bass-two-ways-quenelle-in-fish.html

A few weeks ago a close friend drove a couple of hundred kms to attend a cooking course we had booked as a birthday present for each other for our 2013 birthdays, so a little over a yea...

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Foto source: Nexive   Maybe not all of you know this, but yesterday was the 2014 World Food Day.   As explained on the FAO website, the World Food Day is celebrated each year on the 16 ...

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After an extrememly warm and sunny September, fall has arrived in all its glory. I can tell by the orange and yellow leaves and the chestnuts covering the sidewalks of the city, I can tell b...

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  Quince is one of those almost-forgotten fruits that you usually do not come across at a supermarket. You may be lucky enough to find some at a farmer's market, but usually y...

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Our very recent trip to the US was filled with great food (some of which you may have seen on Instagram and Facebook), beautiful places and people we love. There were long beaches, big ...

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    More questions from a five-year old.   Son: "Mommy, what does your saliva taste like?"   Me: "...".   After some thought:   Me: "I'm not sure, pretty neutral. I ...

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    Having kids means you will hear a lot of funny and often embarassing questions being asked.   My son recently asked me I take my breasts off at night. Say whaaaat? It...

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    Happy 4th of July to all my American readers! Here it is a day like any other, but I thought this recipe would be handy for a last minute idea to take along to a picnic or BBQ ...

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    We were here, but now we are back and I am working on something for you! See you soon!  

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    This recipe was a cinch. It took no more than ten minutes to prepare and under three minutes to cook.   I served them with pesto, because I always keep some in the fridge ...

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      I just can’t seem to get back to a normal pace of things. I have gone to bed more than once in the past weeks thinking “finally tomorrow I have a couple of free hours to ...

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    The other day, while we were having dinner, my son asked me why nests don't fall off of trees. Besides the basic grasp - if not understanding - of physics (balance, gravit...

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