Pain au chocolate, chocolate croissant, cornetti al cioccolato. However we may call them at home (mostly me and my daughter), they often pop up in our conversation. Before trying them my child used to like cinnamon rolls. But since finally finding them in a bakery in central Stockholm, chocolate croissant is all she craves. And […]
How to start talking about all these breads? Am I preparing for the opening of my Italian bakery in Stockholm? Well, unfortunately, not. Still no big project like this on the way. But I did have a lot of ripe starter and I decided to use it all. Actually I liked this solution so much […]
So, as usual since I moved to this cold land, in this period of the year I go through month-long colds. Yesterday night, after finally starting the right therapy, I felt my energy back and, guess what, I HAD TO bake. For a couple of months I have been thinking of a chocolate-orange fougasse seen […]
So finally I have got myself to write about my Mantou, some Chinese steamed buns I baked a few weeks ago. I am doing it tonight because my dear friend Sandra is just closing the monthly collection on ethnic breads for Panissimo, so here I am writing even if I should really go rest a […]
Alright I know I had promised to write down and publish all the formulas of the breads I made in the past few months but there has been a couple of accidents: my daughter’s birthday party and a nasty flu. Good thing is that during the flu I had a day which felt like “yeah […]
I have been wanting to bake yeasted doughnuts since the day Susan, the baker who actually got me into sourdough, published about them. Lately I also had a very urgent need to try make these sweet treats because my little one is totally crazy about them and those sold at supermarkets are not exactly a […]
In the last few months I have been quite disengaged from blogging, and I do apologize for been particularly absent from comments here or on friends blogs. It is not always possible to sit down and take the time to answer to all or read others’ posts. Often I read both comments and posts but […]
Ragazzi, anzi ragazze, perche’ siamo quasi tutte donne, siamo diventate tantissime su Panissimo Gruppo e tantissimissime su Panissimo Raccolta. In dicembre abbiamo ricevuto piu’ di 100 pani di tutti i tipi, di cui piu’ di 50 hanno brillantemente aderito al tema mensile, che era apppunto, Pani Natalizi e delle Feste. Li trovate tutti QUI. Siete […]
Have you already made some resolution for 2014? Have you thought of some good deed which you could easily carry forward and which could make a difference for everyone? No, I am not trying to sell you something. I am just playing the role of Pinocchio’s cricket, the annoying little thing who reminds Pinocchio what […]
