Cooking with persimmons
It is persimmon season – a joyous occasion! If you have ever had a perfectly ripe, jelly-like persimmon, I am sure you remember it well….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Guide to Florence
Better late than never, here is an up-to-date travel guide to Florence, Italy! ps. You can always grab and save the pdf of the guide…
