Category Archives: Pasta

Recipe: Spaghetti with Mushrooms, Garlic & Parsley

This is possibly my most favorite pasta dish with one exception; home made tagliatelle in a light Alfredo sauce, smothered with freshly shaved white truffle… this was the signature dish at Cecconi’s, a wonderful Italian restaurant in London’s Mayfair, back … Continue reading

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Recipe: Baked Gnocchi with Spinach & Cheese

If you’re craving comfort food and don’t feel like spending ages putting something together, here’s one of those easy, satisfying and delicious baked dishes that combines store-bought gnocchi, your favorite cheeses and fresh spinach. Vacuum packed gnocchi is available from … Continue reading

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Recipe: Penne with Fennel, Black Olives & Taleggio

Here is a perfect vegetarian pasta dish for these last days of summer – it’s still warm and sunny during the day, where I live that is – and the evenings aren’t yet cold enough to have me craving a … Continue reading

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Recipe: Pasta with Shrimp & Walnut Pesto

I haven’t made Shrimp with Walnut Pesto for a while but my friend Donna called me the other day asking for a summery dinner party dish and I suggested this as it’s so fresh-tasting and delicious. The attached pic is … Continue reading

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Recipe: Spicy Italian Sausage & Porcini Ragout with Grilled Polenta

One of the things I miss most about living in the UK aside from the obvious, that being our glorious British climate; is the close proximity to the rest of Europe. Gone are those days where a long weekend for … Continue reading

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Recipe: 20 mins with an Eggplant

What did you think I meant? This is a recipe. How many of you have looked at eggplants (aubergines, to you Europeans) in the supermarket and thought to yourselves; “Too much bother”…? This dish is fast, easy and delicious and … Continue reading

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