Category: dessert
love is in the air: home-made “Baci”
| January 17, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under chocolate, dessert, gifts |
I am “guest-posting” today on BellaNutella, a site conceived by my talented and energetic friend Paula from Bellalimento. Hop over to visit the guest post here. When I was over in Italy over the holidays I ate way too many chocolate “Baci”. These hazelnut and chocolate “kisses” are packaged individually in a starry silver wrapper… more
Torta di mele con olio, salvia e limone (Apple-lemon-olive oil-sage cake)
| November 12, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under apples, autumn, dessert |
October was a month of apples and pumpkins. I say that as in “apples and oranges”: different things showing up on my doorstep, none of them related. But Nature (and life) has its ways of making sense out of randomness. It serves you new surprises at each season and whispers in your ear what to… more
A magical camping trip – Spiedini (meat-bread kebabs) & Dutch-oven apple crisp
| October 12, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, grilling |
“To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour.” ~ William Blake I experienced the magic of boys this week-end. When they are in their element: nature, they come out of their shell and bloom… more
Life’s a peach…
| August 17, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, fruit, summer |
On Friday the thermometer hit 110 F (43 C) and it was the last day before school started. So I decided to take a day off work, drive down South Georgia, find a family farm, and go pick peaches with my children, 2 girlfriends and their respective kids. We piled up in a car,… more
Il caffé: art, ritual, magic, and random acts of kindness (+ granita di caffé)
| June 22, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under coffee, dessert, Italia, Italian, italy, summer |
“A riempire una stanza basta una caffettiera sul fuoco” (To fill a room all you need is a coffee pot on the stove) ~Erri De Luca (Italian writer, and also the author of this other perfectly fitting quote for a post on the coffee moment: “Il presente è la sola conoscenza che serve”: the present… more
Roman holidays & crostata di cioccolata e ciliegie (chocolate and cherry tart)
| June 20, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under chocolate, dessert, Italia, italy, jam |
I arrived in Italia a few days ago. June is the perfect time of year to visit “la citta’ eterna” (the eternal city). The air is still cool and all my friends are still in town, while tourists have not invaded the city quite yet. Below are some photographs of my Roman holiday (just few… more
Dessert for breakfast – Torta degli angeli e crema (angel cake with lemon custard)
| June 9, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, Italian |
My little angels are piccoli omnivores. However, like all children, they love consistency, tradition, routine, security…they are habitual creatures. They like knowing that some things will always be there, time and time again. And this is what makes for good memories. One of their favorite things to eat is crema (Italian custard flavored with lemon… more
Crostata di crema e frutti di bosco (blackberry and strawberry pastry-cream tart)
| May 12, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, strawberries, summer, sweets |
Life’s been really crazy for me lately. Work (just wrapped up a long project and starting a new one), kids (birthdays, school, soccer…), and training for a few triathlons. Cooking has not been downgraded at all (even though from the scarcity of my posts lately you might have felt that was the case). However I… more
Pasqua (Easter) and “la pastiera”
| April 28, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under dessert, easter, Italian |
Easter is one of my favorite holidays. As you read in my post on torta pasqualina, in Italy it is considered an even more special holiday than Christmas. It symbolized rebirth…which means double birth (so, I guess, twice as valuable as the simple birth!). For the Easter service, we drove to a very special place:… more
Breakfast apple popover (and a talk about “ratios” in the kitchen)
| April 20, 2011 | Posted by ameliaps under apples, breakfast, dessert, sweets, Uncategorized |
Sometimes we get so bored of our breakfast routine in our house, so I try – on occasion – to change it a bit and add a pinch of creativity to get everyone excited, especially if it is a middle of the week day. Yesterday morning I found 3 wrinkled, old-looking, forgotten golden delicious apples in my… more
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