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Sfincione Sauce

It was a mildly warm evening with a most welcome sea breeze so we decided to eat out. “Just something light” we said. Jenny would have the pasta because…

BOLOGNESE
Sauce and Spreads/ Recipes

Bolognese Sauce

Sautéed vegetables and minced beef with red wine; left for hours to merge flavours resulting in a mind-blowing sauce. At my food memoirs, we are way past leaving this…

Italy

Shenanigans in Catania

With a few holidays to spare we packed up for a week’s visit to Sicily, our first stop being Catania. The landscape and how the light touched everything in…

sicily
Italy

Sicily: More Shenanigans in Palermo

Known for its beautiful sandy beaches, food, theatre and scenery; Palermo lies further up the island- 3 hrs drive from Catania. Sicily doesn’t escape its association with the Mafia…

Italy

Villa poppaea-Scavi di oplontis

For Fran, Torre Annunziatta is home. Situated by the sea in Naples- south on Italy. It was once flourishing in ironwork, food production and highly regarded for pasta. After…

Italy

Pompeii, the unearthed lost city.

Before And like any other day, the sun set upon Pompeii, the prosperous Roman occupied city on the Mediterranean port. The marketplace, bustling with hungry traders and determined consumers…

Italy

Naples

“Resto, resto a letto”(it means: “stay, stay in bed”) it’s a line from one of my favourite songs (pigro) by Pino Daniele. When i close my eyes, everything almost…