Regional flavours Many moons ago, when I used to ski with school friends on the slopes of Abruzzo, I use to love stopping in cafes and enjoy a hot chocolate with one of the local chocolate cakes called bocconotti. Since this year we will unusually not spend Christmas in the region, and will not be skiing and eating those delicacies, I was feeling a little ‘homesick’ and decided to give them a try. In fact, even on Danilo Cortellini’s recently published…
“There’s never been a classic movie made in Bruges until now. (In Bruges, 2008) Since the summer’s long way down and back, I love using our car for long or short car trips. We can take the dog, we can explore and avoid airport queues. For Easter this year, we opted to cross the channel again, and spend a couple of days in the historic town of Bruges. I had only visited for a few hours many years ago, and…
Could I say no to chocolate? Obviously not, especially if it is not the palm oil laden mass produced kind (which I never eat). I was invited to a chocolate masterclass by Swiss chocolatier Cailler and I sadly had to decline due to work committments; as a consolation however, I was sent some samples to taste and review. I did not anything about the brand, and while owned by major corporation Nestlé (who of course also own a lot of…
I have been following a few ‘healthy’ social media accounts for a while now; experimenting with low carbs, low sugars bakes; becoming generally a bit of a fitness freak all together and watching my diet accordingly. One thing I had been thinking about trying for a while was a mousse made with avocado, instead of dairy and eggs. And then, watching an episode of Masterchef a few weeks ago where a contestant made a fairly horrible looking avocado dessert, finally…
Dessert tasting menu? Why not. We spend an afternoon stocking up on sugar