a guide to 'traveleating'
Posted in cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, pasta, recipe, vegetarian on Aug 8th, 2009
I’ve been eating out rather too much lately and suffering the consequences. The waistline has expanded, while the wallet has contracted. On the other hand, the kitchen cupboards are so well stocked that the husband and I could survive a Siberian winter. So after recently booking a ‘traveleating‘ trip to Japan in November, I decided [...]
Posted in Italian, Italy, Tuscan, cookery, cookery books, cooking, food, food & travel, meat, pasta, recipe, traveleating on May 8th, 2009
I was excited to receive cookery book The Real Flavour of Tuscany from Quadrille Publishing to review. Books that take time to explore the culture and history of food appeal to me far more than those that consist of no more than a collection of recipes grouped into ’starters’, ‘mains’ and ‘puddings’. This one, de [...]
Posted in Italian, Italy, London, dining out, food, pasta, pizza, restaurant review, restaurants, traveleating on Jan 12th, 2009
Background:
Rossopomodoro (‘red tomato’) in Covent Garden is part of a large pizza chain based in Naples, Italy with 70 branches around the world. There are two other London branches in Notting Hill and Chelsea, and according to their website, they pride themselves on cooking traditional Neapolitan food using ingredients from the region. I recently read [...]
Posted in Italian, Italy, Michelin star, cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, pasta, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Dec 25th, 2008
This simple dish, spaghetti con zucca al burro e salvia, is ‘inspired by’ the delectable tortelli di zucca that we had at Italian Michelin-starred Dal Pescatore six months ago. The pumpkin tortelli, made with amaretti biscuits, is one of the restaurant’s signature dishes. As it’s just one of various courses, only five pieces are [...]
Posted in Italian, cookery, cooking, food, food & travel, pasta, recipe, traveleating, vegetarian on Nov 21st, 2008
The husband has been busy with the pasta machine again, after a long break from it. Here’s his recipe for home-made tortelloni with spinach and ricotta. This required some effort, but turned out to be one of his top five creations to date!
INGREDIENTS: (serves 2)
Pasta:
2 cups Tipo ‘00′ flour
1 cup durum wheat semolina flour
1 egg
1 [...]
