Discovering Venice

Back to the oven... a quiet Saturday morning, slightly rainy and chilly, blueberries and a few apricots gave me the inspiration for an easy tart, ready for tea-time, waiting for tomorrow's Regata Storica.

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Hi Everybody, I hope you spent a nice Summer! I'm just back to Venice and one of the first things I did was to go back to Rialto Market... I don't have a recipe today, but simply a "shopping suggestion" for all of you who is currently in Venice: buy the white-flesh donut peaches, sold in most of the stalls these day at the Market, you don't even have to peel them, they're small, white-fleshed and sooooo sweet... ideal as a snack for these sunny days. I thought about preparing a tart with them, but they're so good I think the best way to consume them is... just eat them!

Hi everybody! Today, one of my favourite recipes, ideal for parties: panzerotti! Basically, a fried pizza, you can try all kind of fillings, but here I'll post the traditional, basic one -mozzarella, basil and tomato - always a success, easy to make, kids just love them. Here we go!

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Last Sunday I eventually decided to go for the Artichoke feast on Sant'Erasmo isle... I go each year, in fact I love Sant'Erasmo, and it's a good chance to buy good local products such as saltmarsh honey, locally grown vegetables and of course the famous, violet artichoke.

Good evening everybody! It's now the time for a meat recipe; this is a traditional roast in casserole, long to cook but very easy, always tender, ideal to cook in advance if you're planning a daytrip and wishing to have something yummy and nutritious when you get back home, hungry and tired!

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What a beautiful market today at Rialto! I bought fresh anchovies, which I used to prepare a pasta sauce, and a bunch of fresh, delicious prawns. Going at 8:30am allowed me to enjoy the widest choice. There are thousands of ways to prepare prawns, but maybe, after all, the simpler the better when the "raw material" is good. So here is how I prepared them tonight, as a fresh appetizer:

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I hope all of you is spending a Happy Easter wherever you are! Each year I prepare a traditional cake for Easter; last year it was the "treccia pasquale", this year I found the recipe (on this month's issue of Sale e Pepe) for the "pastiera", a gorgeous cake from Naples, which is anyway largely appreciated in all Italy. It's actually less long to make than I thought, so give it a try!

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