Preserving fruit under alcohol and sugar is an age old preparation, and an enjoyable one at that. The liqueur infuses […]

Lady fingers, also known as savoiardi in Italian, are widely used in dessert making, namely, for soaking up rum-splashed coffee

{Updated 16 January 2020} One of the things I was keen to include in my first cookbook Florentine was a

I like a good list, and particularly ones about kitchen items. There are some good lists out there on what essentials

I would describe the past month (or two or three or five) as one huge juggling act. I’ve been traveling

I had known about this place for years, heard so many good things, knew it was just the sort of place

It’s been two months since the book has “been out there” — Two exhilarating, nerve-wracking and unbelievable months and sold out

Don’t be fooled – it may look like pesto, but this is far from that rich and creamy pasta sauce.

A wonderful thing arrived on my doorstep the day before flying back to Italy: an advance copy of Regula Ysewijn’s