Posted in Food Mania, Orders, Other, Shop on Nov 30th, 2011
It’s that time of year again when you start taking out your cookbooks, look up recipes on the internet and prepare menus for Christmas events. I love this task! Yet sometimes the clock’s evil hand goes fast and leaves us short of time so it is always wise to have a couple of easy recipes, [...]
Our next itinerary at the festival took us through the stalls wherein with €7.50 we could indulge in a degustation menu. There were many stalls representing different Italian regions including: Rice from Piemonte Typical Sardinian recipes Soups and delicacies from Umbria Taste of Tuscany Tartufo Rice & Venetian products Ravioli & Stringozzi The list continues [...]
You require: soil and some good quality basil plants or seeds and here is the result of home grown basil, This fresh Summer herb can provide endless taste opportunites to various dishes. Try the traditional basil pesto made with your own freshly grown basil leaves! Basil is also a favourite addition to tomato based dishes. Throw in some of [...]
After enjoying the privilege of working 4 weeks on reduced hours it was quite a shock to start spending 8 hours again sitting at our desks, at least it always is for me! Hence, someone had to spice up our morale! My fellow colleague and avid fan of Eatmania decided to treat us with a [...]
Posted in Other on Aug 8th, 2010
Throughout this week we had a surplus supply of figs and mum decided to prepare some jams and chutneys. There are many ways to mess with figs in the kitchen… you just need to have some free time and creativity! Mum tried this lovely bread with bits and pieces of figs which is a delicious [...]
Posted in Other on Feb 28th, 2010
Finally I’ve got a pasta machine! Yeah!! The good news is that it’s not the basic machine but it also has an electronic motor attached – which means you just need to press a button so that it rolls the pasta – AND it includes the attachment to do long pasta shapes such as tagliatelle, [...]
