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un cuore di formaggio / a heart of cheese

homemade kefir cheese (with dukkah and cacao nibs) The original plan was to post the details of how to make the heart-shaped cheese (formaggio a forma di cuore) above today, but I had and have other tasks to attend to and so, in the meantime, I am sharing a photo to whet your appetite (far venire l'acquolina in bocca). And since today is heart day, here is another heart-shaped cheese from last year homemade French neufchâtel cheese You can see other heart-shaped dishes on the Valentine hearts page of Very Good Recipe. Happy Valentine's Day! Click on the button to hear... Read more →

cinque canzoni / five songs

Lenny of Una finestra di fronte has tagged me with a meme pertaining the five most beautiful songs. There is no food in this post, only music, which is another one of my passions, so I welcome the opportunity to write about it. I interpreted the specification "most beautiful" as meaning "for me," so this is a rather opinionated post. This is fun for me, but it is going to be difficult to make it meaningful for my non-Italian readers, since three of my choices are Italian songs from some years ago. Looking at the lyrics made me realize how words... Read more →

quattro per sette ventotto / four times seven is twenty-eight

Recently, I tagged Marta, An Italian in the US, with the "six random things" meme, so it is quite fair that she returns the favor, with interest, in the form of 28 questions (that looks rather random to me) to answer. Since this will be a longish post, passo al sodo (I'll cut to the chase): 1. Last movie you saw in a theater? "The Band's Visit" (NY Times review) 2. What book are you reading? "La luna di carta" (The Paper Moon) by Andrea Camilleri (available in English translation). I am actually reading this Montalbano novel for the second time,... Read more →

sei cose a caso / six random things

Peter of Detectives Beyond Borders tagged me with the "six random things about yourself" meme in this post. I hereby comply with the meme's request. Randomness does not really apply to this selection process, because I don't have a jar full of things about myself from which, with eyes covered, I can pick six items at random. Still, I tried to let chance (il caso) guide my choice (scelta), at least to some extent: I picked six things from my hyper-chaotic desk to tell you something about myself through them. As a child, I wanted to learn to bind books (rilegare... Read more →