Hello, young Padawan     Today, we are going to cook “pasta alle vongole.” Pasta with clams, indeed, but with the Italian accent, it’s always more Bellissimo!   Since the weather lends itself to it, namely rainy and cold, I decided that I was going to give you one more little recipe, a simple and effective one, and believe me, even if you…

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              Hello, young Padawan     I have received several requests for apple cake recipes here and on Instagram, so you will have not one but two recipes, one today and another very soon, just because I love apples, too.   Raw, cooked, in fruit salad, in cubes, finely grated, in julienne, in compote, or in gourmet desserts, everything suits the apple; apples are…

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        Hello, young Padawan     Forgotten vegetables are absolute treasures! Do you know that we ate it very often in the Middle Ages? The parsnip is a vegetable that has come back to the forefront for about ten years, to the great pleasure of many, including your faithful servant, who now eats more Jerusalem artichokes and parsnips than squash!   The parsnip is as easy to…

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            Hello, young Padawan     When the weeks are (too) long, knowing how to relax a little on the weekend is essential. And for that, what could be better than a simple and relaxing recipe, like a good hot chocolate? And yes, today, we’re going to get cozy, in autumn mode, blanket, book, a good hot drink, and we’re going to clear our brains…

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                Hello, young Padawan     There is a fruit that I really like that some people buy thinking – wrongly and they will only see it when they open it at home – that it is a lime. A little more tangy than its cousin, the clementine, this is the green mandarin, also called Satsuma mandarin. Every year, in autumn, I buy…

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