RosA Cookery Blog
Rosa Recommendations – Berlin
Although not an Italian city I thought I'd share my food experience of Berlin as a recommendations for others if you visit. I'll start to do all the Italian cities I visit too as well as food recommendations closer to home. East Berlin Food Tour A great way to see...
Wine Tasting in Tuscany
Mid September is the start of the Vendemmia in Tuscany - the grape harvest. We visited the family run Greo Vineyard, just outside Lucca in September 2017 just as they were getting ready - bottles being washed and boxes stacked. Greo is a real family run...
City Food Tours
Have you ever been on a city food tour? It's a fantastic way to see a city and to taste its culinary delights. Usually in small groups of about 10, a guide will take you around the city stopping to taste and talk to producers about their produce. You'll meet artisan...
Traditional Wood Fired Bread
Every Tuesday ever since anyone can remember Annita ,who is now 85, builds a fire in her outside oven and bakes 20 loaves of bread to sell in the local town. She lives opposite us in Italy so in September I walked across the valley as the sun rose to make bread with...
Secrets your Italian Grandma would have taught you…. No 2
Bread was a precious commodity, an important part of the diet for Italian families and wouldn't be taken for granted. First they would grow or gather the crops. In centuries past my family in the Garfangana region would gather chestnuts from the valley to make into...
Autumn In Tuscany
Autumn is a time of Chestnuts and Funghi in the Garfagnana valley. My recent trip to lock up the houses for the winter gave me a chance to pick the chestnuts and walnuts from the trees by the Mill. I've manage to bring a few home with me - so I'm working on a...
The Kids are Cooking!
What can be more fun than cooking with your youngsters? I recently had grandparents, parents and children for a pasta making session - we made pasta, smoothies, pesto and chocolate lollipops. And of course then ate it all for lunch. I love seeing the children's faces...
Cooking with U3A
I recently had a great morning with the 'Wine, Food and Travel' group of the University of the Third Age. First a little of my family history ( it sounds a bit like a 'sit com' Italian family...) and an introduction to the beautiful and unspoilt Garfagnana region of...
New Summer Cookery Dems and Workshops
I'm holding some new Cookery Demonstrations in Sutton and Elford. Come along and get hands on making some delicious food to take home. A fun evening - come along with a friend or two....... Friday 10th July 2015 Park House Function Room, Town Gate, Sutton Park B74...
Secrets your Italian Grandma would have taught you…….No 1.
Never throw away the last little bit of Parmesan cheese with the rind on. Next time you make a pasta sauce or a soup add it in when you add the liquid for the whole cooking time. This adds a really lovely flavour to whatever you are making. It was always thought...