All my cookbooks & novels

https://youtu.be/4xTVs3zlkf4 And all my (historical) novels: https://youtu.be/R5rQKlo0_Ug

The lockdown and what to do instead

Stay creative!

Settimana Santa – The Holy Week in the Valle d’Itria

The Holy Week is the week from Palm Sunday to Easter. It is packed with age-old rituals, customs and processions, some of which are the same for Catholics all over the world, and some of which are specific for this region. I would like to describe just a few of the customs of the Valle...

Autumn at the trullo

Autumn is my favorite season at the trullo: the warm colours, the cold weather, the comfort of staying nice and warm and dry while looking through the window into a stormy outside world, not to forget the fact that most outdoors work is done for the moment, not to forget the culinary point of view.

Lavender – Wands and all

With lots of lavender blossoming the question is: What to do with it? I decided to try to make lavender wands this year; they are less messy than lavender bundles and much more decorative. Take a bundle of an uneven number of lavender stalks. Tie them together with a ribbon. Fold the stems back over...