My “fluffy” Tiramisu’ – espresso trifle
| March 18, 2013 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, Italian, italy |
Happy Monday everyone (so fun to be writing from my cell phone again..). This weekend i helped celebrate a friend’s 40th surprise birthday. I was asked to make dessert…something for an Italian themed menu. I knew i had to make Tiramisu’ (the famous Italian coffee, ladyfinger and Mascarpone trifle)…it is always a party hit. Not… more
Photo friday #17 (microblogged…i am on a roll)
| March 15, 2013 | photo Friday, photography, photos |
Has it really been months since my last “photo Friday”? Yes, almost half a year already. But i keep “collecting” these nuggets of my existence on my cell phone, saving them for later. I meant to share them earlier. Oh well. I am sure you did not miss them, did you? Sometimes i feel like… more
Cod with fennel, potatoes, and capers (micro-blogged!)
| March 13, 2013 | fish, quick |
Truth is I have become a little more lazy about blogging because it was taking too much time and energy, in it’s traditional format. However, where there is a wish there is a way… so i started exploring options for micro-blogging. It all started with instagram, a little photo app which many of you are… more
“Pollicini” con marmellata di fichi (thumbprint cookies with fig jam)
| January 19, 2013 | cookies |
There was frost on the patio, we wanted to stay cozy, inside. “Let’s make cookies” I said “Let’s see what jam is around…” “Fig and apricot!” echoed the kids “sounds perfect” I thought We kneaded the butter and sugar, then folded in flour, with just one yolk, not too long, to make it a flaky… more
Less is more (and a blender cioccolata mousse)
| January 7, 2013 | chocolate, photo Friday, photography, photos |
Less is more This time of year, I see many people writing resolutions and I cringe a little: I have never been one to stick with January commitments… I believe changes come one-step-at-time, not all at once. So mostly, I tend to see my whole year as an evolution process, where I learn as I… more
3 little ancient sweet “dolci” for the holidays
| December 21, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under christmas, dessert, holidays, Italia, Italian, italy |
Under my tree, this year, all I am asking is for “time”. Time to spend with my little guys, and my big guy. There is nothing more precious. I need no-thing, no boxes, no parcels, no wrappings, and no big accomplishements. Just good old fashioned time. And old family traditions, sweets included. I have been… more
Pere “ubriache” (“drunken” pears), with zabaglione custard
| November 12, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under autumn, dessert, fruit, Italian, thanksgiving, tradition |
The summer traveled by fast; then fall came…and went, and it is winter outside already. So the thermometer says, and my mood. The daily occupations constantly refilling my cup, without room for a breath, have been a distraction away from my writing. So I welcome this quiet evening, as I am alone in the home,… more
Photo Friday (#16)
| August 31, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under photo Friday, photography, photos, poetry |
Cicadas are silent again, as people are louder than ever… at the end of a hot August, the umbrellas closing down, the schools back in business, the extra-ordinary receding for the ordinary, the rains timidly starting, yet seeping into our bones already, the hurricanes doing what they do best: destroying. There is a sense of… more
Summer plum and cherry torte – with a side of thoughts
| August 24, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, summer, Uncategorized |
(scroll straight down if you just want the recipe, and none of my writing nonsense) “I sometimes think that people’s hearts are like deep wells. Nobody knows what’s at the bottom. All you can do is imagine by what comes floating to the surface every once in a while.” ~Haruki Murakami, “Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman”… more
Photo Friday (#15)
| July 20, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under photo Friday, photography, photos |
Hello friends: Enjoy your Friday. Pics are from Wyoming: the filling solitude of mountains, river streams and woods. (The previous photo Fridays: #1 here, #2 here., #3 here and #4 here, #5 here, #6 here, #7 here, #8 here, #9 here, #10 here, #11 here, #12 here, #13 here, #14 here). Blowing dandelion wishes Majestic… more
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