Saffron and Honey

October 6, 2020

Cozy Essentials

Sharing some cozy season essentials with all of you, things to help keep you warm both literally and figuratively.

A chic throw to put over your shoulders while enjoying your morning cup of tea ($99)
A super modern kettle to make said cup of tea ($55)
Wonderfully soft fleece half-zip perfect for this in-between weather ($110)
Candles that are the height of affordable luxury in life at home right now ($36 each)
If you’re baking some fresh bread and looking for the best French instant yeast ($5.95)
A practical yet whimsical backpack from Baggu – love the wide straps ($46)

And if you’re looking for an easy bread recipe, do revisit the French baguette post!

{ps.} Some of these are affiliate links, but I love every single one of these products.

October 6, 2020

Sharing some cozy season essentials with all of you, things to help keep you warm both literally and figuratively. A chic throw to put over your shoulders while enjoying your morning cup of tea ($99) A super modern kettle to make said cup of tea ($55) Wonderfully soft fleece half-zip perfect for this in-between weather…

September 29, 2020

Orange ricotta cakes

These orange ricotta olive oil cakes bring back more memories of Italia and this time last fall spent in the Tuscan olive groves of Villa Lena. I know I appreciated our leisurely days spent there at the time, but boy, would I appreciate therm extra now.. Moms, you know what I am talking about! This…

August 4, 2020

Chocolate Fleur De Sel Cookies

This is not a shy cookie, this is one intensely chocolatey cookie, tempered by delicate flakes of salt, and I love them as an after dinner treat. Fleur de sel (literally, flower of salt) is a unique and very delicate sea salt used for finishing dishes. The flakes are harvested by hand from the very…

July 13, 2020

Stay at Home

It is, perhaps, more important than ever to derive pleasure from being at home or from making a place a home so, here are some of my recent favorite items to help along the way. Inspired travel with this tome by Francesca Bortolotto Possati – Venetian Chic ($95) Obsessed with this nautical chic linen sheet…

July 3, 2020

Veal chops with thyme butter

Summer suppers of veal chops glazed with thyme butter, together in a perfect marriage of savory and reminiscent of something slightly sweet. I think of last summer spent in Tuscany where, at sunset, one of the last sounds echoing across the hills was a cow’s low.. and of easy meals on the terrace overlooking the…

June 18, 2020

Baked camembert

The camembert from Murray’s Cheese had been in the fridge for a few days, with its characteristic smell ripening and rising, when I decided to pair it with this gorgeous sourdough boule and thyme from my herb garden. Baked camembert brings instant memories of summers in the Camargue. I remember pulling off the side of…

May 19, 2020

Buckwheat pancakes with blood orange syrup

Time for brunch or lunch with these buckwheat pancakes. If you have not cooked with buckwheat flour before, it is pleasantly nutty, smooth, and a little savory too. These pancakes pair so well with something creamy, like ricotta, or something bright and tart, like this gorgeous blood orange syrup. Super fast and super wholesome, buckwheat…

April 11, 2020

Olive oil brownies

Hello, world! I hope you are all staying safe and sound at home, wherever you are in the world. We have been in our own little bubble with the baby and, now, the lockdown in New York. If you’ve had the time and opportunity, I hope that you have found home cooking to be a…