photo by Charlotte Bland I was asked to give a speech about 'How to Write a Cookbook" for the Women in Food event organised by Cook...

This is a classic Southern Italian cake which originated in the late 1990’s in Minori, created by the renowned pastry chef Sal de Riso...

The combination of pears and chocolate is a nostalgic one for me, as one of my mum’s signature puddings when I was growing up was a soft,...

A posset is a wonderful thing, even easier than a panna cotta and just as delightful to eat. A little denser, a little more intense, its...

A Sort of Fruity Focaccia with Wild Fennel - sweet, savoury and totally addictive. Both a little sweet and a little savoury, this...

This is really a riff on a French galette masquerading as a crostata, but the fruit here in Sardinia is so good it begs to be made into...

The symbolic sweet of Sicily is without doubt the Cannolo. Traditionally a Carnival speciality, these crisp, ricotta-filled pastry shells...

This is a lot less complicated than it may initially seem, and is a lovely thing to make and eat in late summer/early autumn. The pairing...

When I first arrived in Sardinia I couldn’t believe the strange but wonderful phenomenon of bomboloni for breakfast. Luca – who’d been...

A whiff of Clafoutis.....but cake-like. Another cake which demands little in terms of preparation, but delivers in both aesthetics and...

I always want to be a sorbet sort-of person, but inevitably I fall (willingly) down the pistachio gelato rabbit-hole, and I almost never...

The first gelato I ever fell in love with was Amarena. It was winter in Venice, and I was having an Eat, Pray, Love moment with a cone of...

(photo by Charlotte Bland from La Vita è Dolce) Inspired by the Pesche I have seen in Pasticcerie all over Italy, these are unbearably...

For the last few weeks I have been repeating the words semi-freddo in my head and aloud. There is a sort of sing-song satisfaction about...

I shan’t write too much intro here, because things are hard at the moment and I’m feeling a little quiet. I’m in England for my dad,...

Are there any 3 sweeter words? Apart from maybe hot buttered toast, or deep fried cheese, or anchovies, bread and butter.... Anyway I...

The combination of cold cream and sweet strawberries is the signature flavour of summer, and as I always find sorbet just that little bit...

Or Bigoli, Bach, Breakfast and a Bathroom He told me about the all-inclusive breakfast a week or so before we were due to go. Would you...

Frying is not usually described as a dainty act. It conjures up familiar images of brightly-lit glass cabinets, white paper caps, small...

Or My Bimby & Me I’ve inherited a Bimby. The (now infamous) Monica has donated hers to me, as she says she never used it. I didn’t know...