November Sunlight Posted by Serena on Nov 5, 2013
After days and days of torrential rain, this morning we finally woke up to a beautiful sunny sky! So, to make the most of it, we decided to go out for a walk. The autumn trees stood out against the clear blue sky, and the mountain streams roared, loaded with rain water. As we were…
Some Readers’ Questions Answered Posted by Geoff on Nov 1, 2013
Here are a few questions that we’ve been asked by readers over the past few months together with our answers. Sometimes we answer readers’ questions by writing blogs, and sometimes we simply post a reply in the comments section. The questions and answers below fall into the latter category, and we’ve decided to publish them…
Wakey Wakey Posted by Serena on Oct 29, 2013
Dear readers, I hope I didn’t send you all to sleep with my last two posts, So Sleepy and Ninna Nanna? Well if I did, let’s hope this blog will wake you all up again, because today we’re going to have a look a some of the vocabulary that we use when we talk about…
Ninna Nanna Posted by Serena on Oct 25, 2013
A few days ago I wrote a ‘sleepy’ post … which I hope you managed to stay awake long enough to read! Here’s another word that we use for going to sleep/bed when we’re talking to children, la nanna. Let’s look at a couple of typical examples of how it’s used: forza, è ora di…
So Sleepy Posted by Serena on Oct 22, 2013
Yesterday evening we arrived home in Italy after a three day drive across Europe from England. Now, there’s only one thing I can think of: Sleep. Well dear readers, let’s see if I can stop yawning long enough to write you a sleepy little blog. Guess what it’s going to be about … Some Sleepy…
Memories of the Tomato Song Posted by Geoff on Oct 17, 2013
In today’s blog, our guest blogger Ambra Sancin shares her memories of a famous song. It was while writing atribute post to the late US-based cookbook author Marcella Hazan that I had an extended tomato moment. Flicking through her many tomato sauce recipes, I remembered how a dish called ‘Pappa al Pomodoro’ came into my…
My Tomato Sauces Posted by Serena on Oct 15, 2013
A few days ago I wrote a post about my busy summer spent making all sorts of conserves (preserves) with the products from our orto (vegetable garden). Today I’m going to share with you a couple of my favourite recipes for preserving tomatoes: Passata di Pomodoro (sieved tomatoes), and Sugo Bella Napoli (Beautiful Napoli Sauce)…