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Strawberry tiramisu

Tags: dessert, kids in the kitchen, recipes, spring, summer, tiramisu
May 16, 2020
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I made a video of my girls and I making strawberry tiramisu recently on Instagram and it was such a hit, I loved seeing others making this, so decided it should be a permanent recipe on the blog too! There are so many reasons I love this version of tiramisu, first and foremost because strawberries and cream in any combination is a treat.

Tags: bread, cucina povera, kids in the kitchen, recipes, traditional, tuscany
April 3, 2020
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Cooking as a family has been keeping us grounded and inspired lately. We have been baking a lot, Marco has started a new sourdough project, while Mariu, our 7 year old, and I have been making some recipe videos. These are two really easy recipes that you can make with stale bread — and I mean you can use completely rock hard bread.

Tags: family, interview, kids in the kitchen, tuscany
June 12, 2017
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Last month I received a beautiful magazine in the mail. It had tactile rag paper, colourful and quirky illustrations and was filled with stories about families and their food habits, children’s food drawings, what people feed their families around the world and tales of good and real food — all in Korean! I was honoured to be interviewed in a story about what goes on my family’s table and how we involve our daughter in learning good food habits.

Tags: baking, cookbooks, cookies, holidays, kids in the kitchen, traditional, tuscany
January 2, 2016
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I seem to be raising a little cook — not a surprise really, as we probably spend three-quarters of our day in the kitchen. She has taken to liberally adding her touch to dishes that she can reach on the table (apple juice tipped into the marinade and half a jar of dried chilli flakes shaken over the salad were some highlights this week) or completely taking over whenever she sees any type of dough being made, rolled or cut out.

Tags: baking, children, cookbooks, cucina corriere, dessert, fruit, kids in the kitchen, nostalgia, recipes
February 5, 2015
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I have to admit, I was late in the game with discovering Ruth Reichl’s work. In fact, I hadn’t really known much about her until she came to Australia last year for the Melbourne Writers’ Festival to talk about her novel Delicious! But then I was serendipitously sent a wonderful book, the Italian translation of Reichl’s memoir, Tender at the Bone (La parte piu’ tenera in Italian).

Tags: baking, christmas, dessert, kids in the kitchen
December 4, 2014
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Every year when Christmas rolls around I try and make some sort of handmade gift to give out to people. One year I went mad making spiced jams and herb salts. Biscotti and other cookies always go down well. Last year I tried my hand at Sardinian nougat, one of my favourite handmade gifts to date. There’s something about a handmade, home made, edible gift.

Strawberry tiramisu

Stale bread for cinnamon fritters and tortine di mozzarella

Food and family — an interview for Wee Magazine

A batch of soft Tuscan cookies

Making food memories with sweet pizza

Cinnamon christmas cookies