Soft cheese, lemon and basil salty tart.

Posted on 7 July 2016

Summer is hitting hard now.

Not that it’s strange, we’re in July but working, working out and doing anything requests three times the efforts, I’m exhausted and I’m doing the countdown to summer holidays.

They’re only 1 month far, Thailand is waiting, we’re missing since 2012 and we’re looking forward to see that beautiful country again; this year we have a family friend with us, I think I’ll ask him to baby sit Lorenzo as I aim for visiting a couple of remarkable restaurants in Bangkok, Gaggan and Nahm, I hope to find a spot for two last minute. 😀

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Milk buns.

Posted on 1 July 2016

My personal battle with raising dough goes on.

I’m never fully pleased about how they turn out, no matter if I use sourdough or yeast; maybe I’m too strict with myself, maybe I just have to keep on trying to have better results.

The mini buns you see here are undoubtedly great, they are a recipe from Gino Fabbri, pastry master and president of the Club de la Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie; I’ve just changed size and the shaping method.

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Reviews

Veratti restaurant, Crespellano (Bo).

Posted on 30 June 2016

After a long hiatus due to a child not the right age to bear long dinners out in the past few months we started again to hang out at restaurants around Bologna.

With or without Lorenzo we’re back in town and today I’m telling you about a new discovery, Veratti restaurant, the kind of discovery that makes you happy a lot.

The chef is very young and gifted, he had important work experiences home and abroad and he started his own restaurant lately.

I think it’s fair to support him in this adventure, I could say, as usual, I don’t have any personal gain when I write about a place but hey, a place near home where you can eat at very high levels…

I should say it’s a personal gain.

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Bite-size feta cheese and herbs muffins.

Posted on 19 June 2016

My son Lorenzo is victim of chicken pox; of course everything started on Thursday so we are forced to a long week end closed at home.

Now it’s Sunday and I think the sickness is at its peak: since this morning he’s crying hard because red spots itch and burn, yesterday evening he got 102°F; seeing him like this is a real pain.

We are grateful I reached the vaccination before getting sick or it would be a big trouble.

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Salt crusted chicken.

Posted on 18 June 2016

I made this roasted chicken months ago and the recipe was still here waiting for me.

I know now it’s not the right moment of the year to ask you to turn on the oven but I don’t want to wait any further and to take the risk to forget this recipe that is a sunday classic here in Italy.

Chicken, after all, is great cold too, paired with a green salad. 😀

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