In autumn, when olive oil is made and late figs get ripe, you can enjoy bruschetta with these marvelous gifts of nature. Fresh fragrant oil, juicy figs and Parmesan on a roasted slice of home-made bread – is there anything more you need to be happy? Maybe just a glass of good wine to wash […]
It’s a casserole from pork and chestnuts they make in Crete. Nobody will remain indifferent to the delicious taste of this unique and nourishing dish. Chestnuts are in, so now’s the time you can make it with fresh chestnuts. Ingredients for Stewed Pork with Chestnuts 600-700 gr. (1 lb 5 oz-1 lb 9 oz) pork […]
Allow me to introduce to you Pumpkin, the Queen of Vegetables. Its popularity has been growing dramatically for some time, and not only because of Halloween, the holiday over which it reigns indisputably. Pumpkin becomes a favorite owing
Sardinia, being close to Catalonia, took over many of Catalonian dishes. For one, here’s a Spanish recipe for cooking lobsters, and though the dish’s name is in Catalonian, the Sards regard it as their own. Sardinian cuisine is famous for its incredibly marvelous seafood dishes, which is hardly surprising, since there’s sea all around. So […]
Although they prefer to roast squid in Italia, there are delicious dishes with stewed squid. Italians catch a good deal of squids. Generally they come not large, but very tender and tasty. If you cook them right they are neither rubbery nor hard. An Italian tip: don’t remove skin squid, it will give the dish […]
These cupcakes look too dangerous for anyone wanting to try them, don’t they? Really, it’s as if they have come from a scene of a violent crime. Bloody-red velvet cakes with shards of bloodstained glass in them, wow! Nevertheless, stay calm, nothing untoward happened. It’s just a creation of a New York confectionery Magnolia Bakery, […]
A recent study from Ohio scientists reveals that the intake of Omega 3 for at least 4 months in daily doses from 1 to 2.5 grams helps retain tiny DNA segments in white blood cells called telomeres. These segments are known to shrink in many kinds of cells over time as a result of ageing. […]
This one is an Italian traditional salad from boiled carrot dressed with olive oil and Balsamico vinegar. It is easy to make and boasts a rich pleasant taste. Ingredients for Carrot Salad with Garlic Carrots: 5-6 Garlic: 1-2 cloves Bunch of parsley Extra virgin olive oil: 3-4 tbsp Balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp Salt and pepper […]
Here’s a delicious dish from chicken breast and soft green peas in a white wine sauce which will do just nice for a substantial dinner or supper. If you keep to a diet and count calories, don’t add eggs into the fricassee. Apart from eggs this dish is suitable for any kind of diet. Ingredients […]
This recipe is very old, it’s taken from a cookery book published at the turn of the previous century. It is adapted to suit the present times. The waffles come out unbelievably tasty, flavorful and tender, they can be eaten with any kind of cream, honey, syrup, berries or fruit. Ingredients for Poppy Waffles 70-80 […]
The origin of the cocktail is unresolved. Some ascribe the invention to Fernand Petiot, a Parisian bartender, or to the American comedian George Jessel, but that’s neither here nor there. The cocktail’s significant characteristic is its counter-inebriating quality. You can add to it various spices and seasoning which makes it taste very pleasant. Ingredients for […]
After a series of experiments American scientists arrived at the conclusion that people who eat any kind of milk products at least once a day possess better mental abilities compared to those whose diet includes little of those products. The research involved about 1,000 people who were to pass tests. The highest grades in cognitive […]
Here is a kind of paste you can make easily at a moment’s notice. You can spread it on dried bread, add to different sauces, purees and even to minced meat to make wonderful cutlets. This recipe is all but strict, you can change the ingredients as fancy takes you, for example, you can take […]
Eat cherry or drink cherry juice, and there will be no more aching joints for you. This is the conclusion of the study conducted at Boston University. Gout – inflammatory arthritis – makes millions of people suffer. Gout is the condition resulting from crystals of uric acid, urate, accumulating in joints causing severe pain and […]
These cookies are made from simple, but tasty, pseudo flaky dough which we make by a recipe Puff Paste. The cookies came out airy and crumbly. The filling from raspberry jam and ricotta gives them an especially tender taste. Ingredients for Cookies form Flaky Dough with Raspberry Cream Flaky pastry Ricotta: 200 gr. 3/4 cup. […]
