We’ve moved again. I’m losing count but I think it’s the seventh move since I started this blog which I […]

I’m really trying to stop lamenting about the heat — the relentless, humid, Tuscan heat — but it’s hard when

About halfway through a Tuscan summer the heat begins to really take its toll. Oppressive heat, like a hair dryer

I’ve always thought of Rome as incredibly romantic. It probably has something to do with watching Roman Holiday over and over

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