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Rame di Napoli and some notes about Halloween

A soft spongy biscuits, rich in chocolate with a persistent scent of cloves, cinnamon and orange. All the smells that can bring to your mind that Christmas is near are closed in these delicious cookies. Here we are, Halloween is arrived and the girls are super excited. Alice will wear a black dress decorated with
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Topinambur cream

A light and creamy vegetable soup: topinambur and potatoes The Jerusalem artichoke or topinambur is a tuber that seems like ginger, but with a colour that turns from beige to red. It’s quite similar to the potatoes, but less rich in starch, so less creamy, with a light taste of … artichoke, of course. You
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Pumpkin risotto

You know, I’m a proud Sicilian woman, but I need to confess that one of my favourite dish is the risotto, a classic of the northern of Italy cuisine. Is there something more comforting than a creamy and silky bowl of risotto in a winter day? I find also that there is something relaxing in
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My Mother apple cake

I met Chris during a class last July. We shook hands, we seated around the table and we started talking. Meat sauce recipe has been our first topic. Chris has Italian roots, from Southern Italy, and he still uses to cook the meat sauce each Sunday for all his family following his grandmother recipe. He
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