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Video bites – Coffee for All movie review

Video bites – Coffee for All movie review

Caffe’ Sospeso This is my first review of a non edible product. Why? Because by pure chance I happened to watch something on Netflix that revolves around coffee and enjoyed it enough to decide to share my views on it on this blog. While looking for stuff to download and watch off line while on holiday in Italy, I was searching for Italian language films. You know when Netflix recommends things? That’s a clever function and there it popped up…

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A meal a Veritas, Napoli (Italy)

A meal a Veritas, Napoli (Italy)

When one thinks about Neapolitan food, primarily is the traditional stuff that springs to mind: spaghetti, pizza, sfogliatelle and the likes. Nothing wrong with that, and for those like me who emigrated a couple of decades ago, going back home means also eating our classic dishes. Yet on a recent visit, my family took me to a restaurant called Veritas where chef Gianluca D’Agostino uses traditional ingredients with creativity and modern techniques, and I loved it so much I decided…

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A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

A meal at Il Mosaico, Ischia (NA)

***this review pertains to Mosaico’s previous chef*** When I visit Ischia (usually over a May bank holiday), I tend to mostly eat at local, typical restaurants to savour my childhood flavours and dishes I so seldom eat otherwise. Yet this year, my family treated me to one of the islands’s top restaurant and indeed, one of Italy’s best food destinations: il Mosaico, two Michelin stars venue within the uber posh Hotel Manzi, in Casamicciola Terme town.  It was my first…

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Discover Napoli – fundraising lunch

Discover Napoli – fundraising lunch

Photo courtesy of Mondo Mulia We did it yet again. After the fun my sister @squadrilla75 and I had cooking for charity in November, we thought it would only be fair to cook together again.  This time, we’d need to show case our very own home town’s food. Neapolitan food has somehow been fairly popular recently, in the guise of the ‘perfect pizza’ and Napoli has been the food destination of choice of many London food personalities.    Photo courtesy…

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