Bring delicious Sicilian flavours to food lovers outside of Italy. A few years ago it was fairly hard to find good quality italian groceries in London, and I used to fly back from Napoli with a suitcase full of pasta packs and cheese, as well as biscuits and the occasional tin of tomatoes. Nowadays is much easier to locate ingredients for a proper authentic home cooked meal and there are many online shops where to order and have delivered products…
Who doesn’t love a hamper? A giant one turned up on my door step a few days ago, full of Italian products, from lots of familiar names. Ciao Gusto in a group of household names from Italian big brands, now sold via Ocado in the UK. The basket I received had an assorted selection of products, not necessarily just for Christmas. Each product was easily recognisable and some of them brought back many memories of my life in Italy. Ciao…
I have vague memories of drinking ‘caffe’ d’orzo’ (barley coffee) when I was a kid in Italy; I remember the tin it used to come in, the smiley face of the kid on the label and the strong, warming aroma it had. I never drank it in my adult years and it slowly faded from my memory. A few days ago I was sent a new product to try and indeed, it was caffe’ d’orzo from an Italian roaster based…
I thought I would start posting some ‘quick reviews’ of products I either receive as samples or I buy myself (such as kitchen gadgets), which might turn out useful for readers. I am going to start with Lurpak Cook’s Range, a liquid blend of butter and vegetable oil which is supposed to make cooking using a number of techniques ‘effortless’. The range include a Cooking Liquid (odd name indeed), Baking, Clarified butter and Cooking Mist. The information sheets sent from…
I try to eat healthy as much as I can so when I received an offer to try some of Linwoods ‘superfoods’ I said yes, of course. The benefits of using seeds and nuts in a balanced diet are supposed to be many, from strong bones to low cholesterol. A fitness fanatic like me should pay more attention! I received a recipe book and a bunch of sample sizes with lots of intriguing mixes, which included hemp and brazil nut….