Category: Italian Cuisine

• Light in an olive grove in Apulia

  

  It is an Autumn Sunday. We are in an olive grove in the Apulian countryside. All around, nature slowly awakens as the pale morning light gloriously warms it in a soft embrace, bathing every detail it touches in magic and color. It is the olive harvest season. The farmer spreads large, net-like sheets at the…

  Nordic Lights and Mediterranean Landscapes

  October 19, 2026

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• A Cooking Class and a Gourmet Experience Await You at the Sea House

  

  The honeysuckle is a beautiful climbing plant we planted in the garden of our sea house many years ago, back in the 1970s. Every year, at this time of the year, it blooms generously, giving us delicate yellow and white flowers with an intense, fresh, lemony scent. For us it is the sign that Summer…

  Nordic Lights and Mediterranean Landscapes

  June 7, 2026

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• Easy Lunch Ideas: Sunflower Pasta vs Spaghetti

  

  We were a bit unsure about what to make for lunch today. Very quickly, we made some green sunflowers pasta, stuffed with fresh ricotta cheese and spinach, and some spaghetti. In the end, we settled on a plate of green sunflowers. Once cooked, we sautéed them in a pan with butter and walnut kernels. A…

  Nordic Lights and Mediterranean Landscapes

  May 24, 2026

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• Beautiful May: Celebrating Roses

  

  A rose for all of you and to wish everybody a wonderful month of May

  Nordic Lights and Mediterranean Landscapes

  May 1, 2026

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• Fusilli Pasta and Pumpkin Cream like Velvet.

  

  For those who love pumpkin. I baked some pumpkin with little rosemary. Then I sautéed it in a pan with extra virgin olive oil, onion, garlic, a couple of cherry tomatoes and a pinch of salt and pepper. I made a creamy sauce, adding very little pasta cooking water to blend better, some capers, local…

  Nordic Lights and Mediterranean Landscapes

  February 21, 2026

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• Kale, the green for soups and pasta dishes

  

  Last weekend, at the food market, I bought some excellent black kale. This vegetable is very popular in Tuscany for making delicious soups. Once at home, I used the most tender part of the leaves to prepare and to pair with the chickpea soup that I love. I set aside the stems, which are a…

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  February 3, 2026

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