Fabulous Food the Way the Italians Do It
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Kath Being a mother or a wife is a very tough job. You are in-charge of everything in the house. You have to look after your children and husband’s needs. Doing the groceries and cleaning the house must be [...]
Handmade Pesto
Pounding the ingredients in a mortar produces a pesto of incomparable texture: silky basil leaves and olive oil bind coarser bits of garlic and Parmesan.
Olive-Mint Pesto
Try using a mix of brine- and oil-cured olives for a more complex pesto; our favorites are green Sicilian, Calamata, Cerignola and oil-cured Moroccan.
Charred Poblano and Garlic Pesto
“This is [...]
But not just for vegetarians
You don’t have to be a vegetarian to like these dishes but you can eat them with vegetarian friends. Just keep it quiet form the hardened carnivores in your family and they’re sure to surprise themselves to discover they just enjoyed authentic Italian food without meat. The key to producing [...]
By now you should be aware that simple food with fresh ingredients can be the best food.
Bay Leaves
Bay laurel has been used through history to symbolise strength and victory from the first Olympians to roman emperors. It is an evergreen tree that normally grows 10-30 feet tall it’s flowers bloom in clusters and develop into dark blue berries. Bay needs lots of sun and water in well draining soil (or [...]
Cooking and recipes
Herbal cooking is just like an art and thyme is truly one of the best all round cooking herbs in the world. It retains its flavour on drying better than many other herbs although is best when fresh.
Thyme is especially good in recipes that call for long, slow cooking as it is [...]
Thyme (pronounced /taim/) is a well known herb and is a Mediterranean native of the mint family, which is one of the most widely used herbs.
Thyme is considered by many herbalists as the very nearly perfect useful herb. The name may refer to any or all members of the plant genus Thymus, common thyme, [...]
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