La Specialista De Longhi – worth buying?
My experience with De Longhi La Specialista home coffee machine. What I love about it, my latte art skills (or lack of) and dreaming of great coffee.
A recipe: strangolapreti
Trying new dishes Before Christmas I attended a fun masterclass with Francesco Mazzei to learn the secrets of fresh pasta making and taste some iconic dishes from the Padana plain. One of these dishes particularly caught my eye (and my palate!) because it was completely new to me; I found it so delicious, I decided I would try replicating it as soon as possible. It’s taken me a month or more but finally, I managed to find sometime to make…
Po Valley tasting journey with Francesco Mazzei and Grana Padano
Yes, yes I should know how to make pasta – but you can always learn more and when the person showing you the ropes is renowned chef Francesco Mazzei, then you know you’re in for a treat. I had already attended a really cool masterclass with him last year at his Islington outpost Radici – the lovely folks at Grana Padano were kind enough to ask me to join this year’s session too, which I very gladly did. This year’s…
Campari Creates Cocktail Masterclass
Campari brings the spirit of Milano’s Navigli to London’s canals A bright red canal boat is moored for a few days by Granary Square, and it is host to Campari’s very own floating bar, to promote the classic Italian drink and its versatility in cocktails and aperifs. The Navigli are an area of Milan famous for its bars, restaurants and nightlife, and the name itself means pretty much ‘canals’. Navigli are ocated southwest of the city’s historical centre. The most…
Aperitivo Masterclass at Baglioni Hotel London
An Italian heart beats in the heart of London Summer is coming, the days are longer and the mood generally lifts after the grey winter days, it does for me at least. Aperitivo is always a pleasant way to spend an early evening whether weekend or mid week. Moreover, especially this year ( having done much less traveling than before), I find myself longing for anything Italian that can somehow bring a little bit of ‘home’ feel to my London…