The temperatures have dropped in Zurich, but I know that many of you are still sweltering in the torrid sun. […]
Marcella Hazan’s Macedonia di Frutta
A Hollywood Dinner Party Scene The Guest sits at the dinner table in his suit, regaling his fellow Diners […]
Pomodori al Riso
Every day at 16.00, Giuliana and Sergio drive their Ape around the hairpin curves to the next village, where they […]
Torta allo Yogurt
‘If you show up with that man and he stays in your house, I will need to tell the entire […]
I Ricchi e i Poveri
‘It was 1960. The two brothers arrived in Levanto with wooden shoes on their feet and look at them now!’ […]
Les Tomates Farcies
Luc-Sur-Mer, Normandy, 1970 My parents rented a small house in the beach town of Luc-sur-Mer on our first trip to […]
A Rustic Italian Crostata
The Young American in her Speedo ambles to the shore of the bay. Excited, the Pietra Santa Lifeguards take out […]
Pesto alla Genovese
On Thursday evenings, the Ladies of Levanto close their kitchens and hail to the Bridge Club, leaving their bachelor sons […]
Les Carottes Râpées
Penguin Random House published a marvellous collection of magazine articles written in the late sixties and seventies by Nora Ephron, […]