The Holiday season is now ending and after the Christmas challenges we will all have several new challenges to face… for instance going back to work, for those who had the good luck to be off work for a few weeks. But there is one challenge that you will never have to fear again: your […]
These days I am a refugee without my own kitchem, ok, a luxury refugee -who spends her days in the comfortable guest loft with sauna of our condo- but I admit feeling a little messed up by the temporary exile (we are renovating our apartment, that’s why). Notwithsatnding all, I still managed to bake a […]
Pe-pe-re-pe squilli di tromba – let’s start the dance for this month of celebrations! For this edition, Panissimo comes back here on Bread and Companatico, so it is here that you will be able to submit your breads, of every type and shape, made in December. Actually… although every bread you make is VERY welcome, […]
Where to start, da dove cominciare? A few weeks ago I realized I had never made a sourdough brioche, and I felt compelled to learn this difficult art. Cause a sourdough bread that can hold that amount of eggs and butter is a true miracle. A brioche has generally something like a 50% eggs. […]
I know, I have been evanescent from the blogsphere lately. I had so many nice dishes and breads, all nicely photographed and ready to be narrated, and yet could not resolve to write about them. Lack of time for sure but also something else… let’s call it writer’s block, if you allow a blogger […]
La Marocca di Casola is an ancient bread typical of one small rural area (Casola, Lunigiana) in Northern Italy. It is made almost entirely with chestnut flour, which is what the locals had in the past, when wheat flour was too expensive. It is dense and has a characteristic flavor. It has recently been […]
Another month of Panissimo has gone by and I am happy and proud of introducing another round of beautiful breads of every type, shape and color. This month we had a fruit theme, so you will be pleased to be able to enjoy a catwalk of stunning breads with peaches, berries, figs, apricots and more. […]
One thing I miss of Rome is pizza al taglio. High quality street food incarnated in a hot slice of freshly baked pizza, cut for you and wrapped half-way in parchment paper, so that you can eat it on the go. Still steaming and dropping melted mozzarella and other juices (depending on the topping). Pizza […]
This post could easily be called “Ode to Farine”. There is so much about the person behind the bread blog Farine, our beloved MC, that I would like to say, that this post could easily become a poem. But since people reading are mostly interested in recipes and formulas, I will instead stick to this […]
Every time that my mother comes to Sweden to visit us, she brings a suitcase full of Italian delicacies. Food items difficult to find here, such as… the olive oil from my uncle’s olive trees orchard in Liguria… 36 months aged Parmesan cheese… huge pieces of prosciutto di Parma for my little carnivore daughter… fresh […]
