We finally have delicious strawberries at a good price. This year I felt like eating the first ones with something slightly more elaborate than a spoonful of cream. So I decided to make these crostatine, adding, more or less subtly, some ingredients that pair perfectly with them. As you might remember, I already told you where crostate come from, with…
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Grandmother’s cake with almonds
The day before yesterday was the day of the “Pesce d’Aprile“, the Italian April Fool’s Day, a day people take advantage of to play various little pranks on their neighbors, the most notable being sticking paper fish on people’s backs without them noticing. It would be like our Holy Innocents’ Day, but instead of December 28th, it’s the first day…
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A sweet treat for Father’s Day: Le zeppole di San Giuseppe
Today is San Giuseppe, “Father’s Day”. I would have loved to have my dad a little closer, so I could give him some homemade zeppole di San Giuseppe, since they turned out quite well. I would be lying if I said that I will miss my father more tomorrow than on other days, because I miss him A LOT, ALWAYS.…
