Salmon fishing in Brianza!
A few years ago my husband and his favourite travel buddy, a 6ft dutchman called Krijn, visited Yemen and came home more excited than I think I’ve ever seen him. The wonder of the buildings, the people, the culture…not to mention the many hundreds of photos (one of which went on to be published in … Read more
Strawberries from the garden with lemon and sugar
Last year we grew the sum total of about 6 strawberries with one ripening each week. Needless to say there weren’t many recipes on my blog which called for strawberries! So you can imagine my delight yesterday evening when I returned home after a week away to find this booty of strawberries nestling amongst the … Read more
Making marmalade with mum
I’ve come to the realisation that renovating and decorating an extremely old property and managing an 8 month old baby are detrimental to blogging! So if you’ve been wondering about the prolonged silence here at An eye for food I hold my hands up and admit that I am not the super women I believed … Read more
Christmas Stuffed chicken breasts
Why carve a turkey when you can stuff a chicken? I admit, not a question that one is faced with very often but when it arises I vote for the chicken breast any day. It’s not that I don’t love a big turkey with all the trimmings but I am a self confessed loather of … Read more
TFIF (Thank fully it’s Friday!) – A little caper with Cod!
Us Brits are renowned for our fish Friday and whether it’s traditional fish & chips, a perfectly griddled tuna steak, a prawn curry with a cool Tiger beer, it remains one of the few food traditions that seems to have stuck. This dish is as easy as a Friday night at home is relaxing and … Read more
Courgette Chutney to inspire Chef Enrico Fiorentini
My neighbours continue to pepper me with their home-grown vegetables and not wanting to offend anyone, despite harvesting a few of my own veggies, I keep accepting baskets of salad and most recently courgettes (zucchine). Fantastic you might think but the bottom line is that there are still only two mouths to feed in my … Read more
Pimm’s o’clock with a rhubarb and lemon Pimm’s-infused jelly
It’s getting hot hot hot here in the north of Italy and in search of something cool and refreshing for a lunchtime dessert I recently made some cheeky little Pimm’s, rhubarb and lemon jellies as part of my ongoing campaign to get Italians to fall in love with rhubarb. Things are gathering momentum and so … Read more
TFIF (Thankfully it’s Friday): Speedy swordfish supper
Swordfish may not be one of the most politically correct fish to be eating these days as its numbers are fast diminishing but it sure is delicious and every now and then I succumb to eating it. In Italy it is still a regualr on most menus so temptation is all around me! However, for … Read more
Recipe: Hooray for potatoes with home-made Fish & Chips
I’m just back from a 3 day trip to Dublin and similar to my trips back home to the UK I always return to Italy craving certain foods. An obvious one with Ireland is potatoes. I love potatoes in every form; mashed, baked, chipped, roasted, boiled and often wonder at how easily I’ve abandoned the … Read more
Feeling Fruity? Mix it up with these great summer smoothies!
Fruit – love it or loathe it there is no denying that the summer months are fruit-a-plenty and there are lots of ways to incorporate it in your diet. My husband is what I like to call “fruit shy” and so, like a child, I have to entice him with bite sized fruity nibbles or … Read more
