It is the first day of primavera! Spring is really here :) I am super happy :) I made this when I needed a break from the project and cooking always calm my mind, it is very therapeutic for me and now that spring is coming, there are lots of change from winter vegetables. Gerardo gave me very nice fresh peas and runner beans and I had just got a bag of very nice organic brazilian nuts and a pot of fresh ricotta, and I also have some left over of potato puree I made last night, so I just want to make something fast+green+creamy+fulfilling. I actually was improvising with all ingredients I had in my fridge, and I am happy the result was great that I can share it here :)

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It has been a busy week for me (and it will be till end of next week as I am involved in an industrial design project) and when I work, I mostly put 110% of myself into it, so I do not realise that I am tired, but sometimes my body just screams: empower me! :) After I ate this, I usually feel much better, so even I don’t have much time now, I really want to share this recipe. (more…)

I went to Florence for five days last week, chasing the sun when it was just too gray in Milan. I did not do too many things but I just enjoyed a few good things slowly and savour the beauty :) (more…)

This morning: messy+colourful table+lots of sun :) Been trying to make pancake with rice flour as my Indonesian soul been craving for kue serabi (Indonesian pancake made with rice flour and coconut milk). I was trying to make it yesterday but the result was too dry, but this morning I saw that we had some banana at home and I thought it might be a perfect ingredient to add moistness to the pancake. I tried it and the result was beautiful :)

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One of the lunch with my brother, David while I am staying at his house for 5 days. I bought him a pot of my favourite herb: thyme and decided to make pasta with some of the vegetables I bought at mercato di san ambogio (very nice, my favourite market: a must visit in Florence) baby zucchini and the flowers too. (more…)

It is woman’s day today, I am sending mimosa for everybody! And abis of sun from Florence :) Buona Festa della Donna! Happy Women’s Day!

I was in centro botanico, a nice organic grocer in Milan when I saw these bunches of borraggine (borage), I was very curios, I ate them before inside ravioli (super good) but never seen them fresh. Then Santina, who worked there, kindly gave me an explanation about it and patiently answered all my questions (I am a curious person and it gets worst when I see something ‘tickling’ me like these borraggine :)

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It is a cloudy and rainy day today, winter seems to be longer this  year in Italy. I have just finished making this scarf made of 50% merino and 50% alpaca ecological wool with colourful beads made of various yarn.

I have been relaxing a lot today, and now, sitting in front of my old mac, with a cup of hot nepal antu valley tea, I want to share a little story about my ‘war’ with lampascioni a.k.a muscari racemosum, some sort of wild onion from Puglia. Now when I think of that week, I can really laugh at myself, but I really was almost frustrated :)

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