If I have learned only one thing from au pairing, it is that I am a snail. Not in the sense that I’m slow (although admittedly, I am) but through the fact that I carry my home on my back. When I left England almost three weeks ago now, I rather naively thought that IContinue reading “Snails”
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Pasta, pasta, pasta, risotto, pasta
As you can tell, in the past week I have eaten a lot of pasta, among other things of course. Yesterday, for example it was pasta with vongole (clams) and it was absolutely bloody delicious. The day before that it was pasta, olive oil, garlic and sun blushed italian tomatoes. On the first day I was welcomedContinue reading “Pasta, pasta, pasta, risotto, pasta”
Smoked Salmon Pasta
Two years ago, whilst having a spot of lunch in a restaurant facing onto Lake Como, I ate some pasta. Now, like many delicious dishes from the past, my memory has transformed that plate of pasta into a golden plate of uncomprehensible beauty. I thought that I would never be able to replicate it. However,Continue reading “Smoked Salmon Pasta”