You could actually prepare, in the same way, prawns, langoustines, small lobsters, crabs, or any other crustaceans you manage to fish, find at the market, and/or convince your partner to eat! Last week I had some broth left over after preparing some filled peppers, and I used this [I grew up in a family where […]
I took this recipe from Signora Tavani's entertaining Casalinghe … si diventa! (that loosely translates into 'Everyone can become an housewife'), with the kind permission of Panozzo Editore, Rimini. And actually my grannie too follows a similar recipe (and I have previously in this column praised this holy woman for her culinary abilities!). An alternative […]
I feel the urge to honestly warn you: this dish is still in experimental phase, so I reserve the right to change ingredients, quantity and procedures at any time! As usual any suggestion will be kindly taken into consideration. The best I personally ever had were in a small, family run 'premise' in Hanoi, Vietnam, […]
Right, here's a quickie! What you need (for 4 people): 8 pieces of chicken2 garlic clovessalt, pepper, olive oil, butter200 gr. leaks200 gr. mushrooms½ bottle dry white wine½ pint double cream1 handful tarragon2 teaspoons Dijon mustard1 lemon How you do it: Joint a chicken into 8 pieces (or just buy chicken pieces) and season them […]
Now, before you jump on my throat: I know perfectly well that everybody (and their dogs, sometimes, unfortunately) has a recipe for curry. This is mine, and you are welcome to send me yours! What you need (for the curry powder) 2 teaspoons coriander seeds2 teaspoons cumin seeds ½ teaspoon black pepper ½ teaspoon cloves […]
“I was really fed up, after 12 films” says Oscar winning Italian director Gabriele Salvatores “that at the end of every debate, punctually, a girl would get up and ask ‘Excuse me, I’ve a question: why don’t you make a film with a woman?'”. His comment is both playful and serious. Best known, outside of […]
(A) Pre-Travel Advice Heaven and Earth Prague in summer is like a thousand notes spiralling melodically up towards the natural neon that shimmers light and tears over the dandelion-sown metropolitan wastelands. That'll be one thousand gilded spires and one thousand golden dandelions. The Wheel beauty without vanity? wait a second,time without the astrological clock? that's […]
Firing questions at anyone for a half an hour about their motivations and identity is bound to produce contradictions, but an interview with Glen Hansard, chief songwriter from Irish band the Frames, throws up more than its fair share. It’s not that he’s confused, or indeed confusing. Rather, the context that he and The Frames […]
“The mafia, in the strict sense of Cosa Nostra, the hierarchical criminal organization based in Sicily, does not ‘run Italy’ as you sometimes hear people rather glibly say,” explains John Dickie, senior lecturer in Italian at the University of London, and author of Cosa Nostra – a history of the Sicilian Mafia. It’s in response […]