Three Monkeys Online

A Curious, Alternative Magazine

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  • Ljubljana

    Ljubljana is one of Europe's coolest capital cities, famed for its castle, beautiful bridges, vibran
  • Nutella, the Foibe, and the sugar coating of history

    The late, great, Italian singer-songwriter Giorgio Gaber understood perfectly well that left-right labels were about more than mere politics, as he satirised in Destra-Sinistra (Right - Left)
  • The Beautiful Game?

    It’s gone too far, and somehow this exploding cult needs to be reined in. I’m talking about the way supporting football clubs, in particular those in the English Premiership, is becoming l
  • Dreaming of an old man – the Italian Lottery.

    In Jorge Luis Borges' short story The Lottery in Babylon, the lottery evolves from a simple game into a complex s
  • The Unbearable Lightness of Memory

    Late last week I received Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on the Beach and hope to post a review on the main Three Monkeys site in due course. When I was reflecting on how much I like Murakami’s w
  • Sweet ‘n’ Sour Baby Onions

    These are stewed baby onions with the sweet and sour variant. They are tasty and can accompany meats or cold cuts, and they take only 10 minutes to prepare, if you follow my example and cook them in y
  • Smoked Salmon Risotto – a recipe

    A delicate salmon risotto with an alcoholic twist: you can make it with either brandy or vodka, but if you really want to spoil yourself, use half a bottle of champagne and drink the rest as aperitif!
  • Recipe for Hummus (chickpeas dip)

    This delicate chickpeas dip is generally served with pita (middle-eastern bread) or any other non-levitated bread, such as piadina from Romagna for instance. It is the basis for a great appetiser or y
  • Pesto

    In Italy we do take cooking seriously and at the same time we are definitely 'provincial', in the sense that we are, sometimes exaggeratedly, attached to our region or even town, so it will
  • Mixed Fried Fish

    Now, this should not be confused with the fish in Fish 'n' Chips. Without taking anything off the Anglo-Saxon speciality, here there is no heavy batter involved and in Italian restaurants th