An Italian in London… cooking, eating and sightseeing
Life is changing… So something major happened to Pastabites recently, enough to completely turn life upside down… and that was giving birth to a baby boy. Trying to adjust is hard, and routine of any kind is out of the…
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A tradition As I come from Napoli, one of the ‘street food’ items that I most love is arancini, rice balls. We call them arancini in Napoli, in other parts of Italy they change gender and become arancine, and have…
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Many moons ago, when I used to ski with school friends on the slopes of Abruzzo, I use to love stopping in cafes and enjoy a hot chocolate with one of the local chocolate cakes called bocconotti. Since this year…
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Baking without ingredients? I eat pretty much everything and I don’t have a problem with non vegetarian ingredients or gluten, but I do like a challenge. On Instagram I follow a few accounts of bakers and foodies who produce some…
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Memories Like many of my recipes, this is also inspired by memories of old, when I was in Italy and was at home being treated to lovely meals by mum and grandma. I remember eating something similar to this during…
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