Sicily Scene

A life event in the form of a broken boiler precluded further posting last week and, as I felt much in need of warmth, I invented this: ...

I got the idea for serving fried courgette slices with mint and garlic from a TV programme but the other ingredients are my suggestio...

I enjoyed being taken out for dinner on Saturday and took advantage of the occasion to go nutty! For the main course both my friend and...

Let's have a recipe for a change: I love pasta al forno and it's on my list of the great comfort foods of the world.  Last weekend...

I owe the idea for this recipe to Corriere della Sera , but as usual, I've done my own thing with it: I couldn't get the very crisp...

A lovely, relaxing lunch with friends in peaceful surroundings on Sunday: Crostini with foie gras -  ages since I'd had the la...

In case you're wondering what I did with that kilo of broccoletti on Tuesday, here's the salad I invented! Broccoletti con ...

... di broccoletti

Even though it's started raining again, you can tell it's spring by the armfuls of Sicilian asparagus being sold from vegetable lor...

Inspired by Nigella's tagliata recipe  , I decided to make a salad using this kind of steak: Tagliata salad with nectarines 500 ...

" I eat my peas with honey, I've done it all my life, It makes the peas taste funny but it keeps them on the knife!" ...

Celeriac was a good friend to me back in Wales, where I found a salad based on it an excellent standby for all sorts of entertaining an...

The other day my Welsh friend Liz asked me how to cook artichokes. I am no expert and freely admit that if they are an ingredient...

The recipe for a sausage and vegetable stew in the November edition of the Conad supermarket chain's Bene Insieme magazine turned out ...

Risotto al radicchio is a traditional dish of Verona and they make it with pancetta up there.  My version uses what I had in the hous...

Remember the polpettone with spinach that I showed you a couple of weeks ago? Well, I decided to adapt the recipe and make it "m...

I enjoyed making this polpettone filled with minced turkey breast and spinach at the weekend.  You use some of the sauce, which is mad...

Friday night is "comfort food night" and for me, the two great comfort foods of the world are mashed potato and risotto.  As I h...

Sicilian wild asparagus

I found the recipe for this dish in a little booklet that came free with a sachet of saffron and was pleasantly surprised at how well it l...