Category Archives: Chocolate

Breakfast Tarts and I love Mondays

Posted on March 13, 2011 by

Breakfast Tarts – Crostatine da Colazione Music: I Don’t Like Mondays, The Boomtown Rats. If there is something positive about Mondays is that I can get my hands on cakes, biscuits … I made during the weekend. These little tarts … Continue reading →

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Baked Chocolate & Pear Mousse and desperate housewives

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

Baked Chocolate & Pear Mousse – Mousse alla Pera & Cioccolato al Forno Music: SheDaisy, God Bless The American Housewife. Look at me I’m beautiful and glamorous in rubber gloves, look how my tiara can be bent back to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chocolate, Fresh Fruit, Puddings, Snacks | 6 Comments

Date, Dark Chocolate Cake when you’re feeling just a little too tense

Posted on January 20, 2011 by

Date, Dark Chocolate Cake – Torta ai Datteri & Cioccolato Fondente Music: Some Days You Gotta Dance, The Dixie Chicks. Some days you gotta dance, live it up when you get the chance, ‘cause when the world doesn’t make no … Continue reading →

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Milk Chocolate, Walnut Biscotti & white flags

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

Milk Chocolate, Walnut Biscotti – Biscotti al Cioccolato al Latte & Noci Music: Abilene, Sheryl Crow. These biscotti are perfect for the calm after the storm. That’s why I always  keep a few in my kitchen, sometimes changing milk chocolate … Continue reading →

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Ricotta, Chocolate Cake when it’s so fucking cold

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

SORRY for being away so long, but we’re having some busy days: the guitarist is locked in the studio recording, while me – well, I am currently living at the shop, which I love! Unfortunately there is NO kitchen! Ricotta, … Continue reading →

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Strawberry, Chocolate Pudding Cakes. Baby Hollywood is dead, you can find it in yourself.

Posted on November 17, 2010 by

Strawberry, Chocolate Pudding Cakes – Tortine al Cioccolato & Marmellata di Fragole Music: Hollywood, Michael Bublè. I love this song (well, to tell the truth, I love everything Michael Bublè sings – I do think he’s the sexiest man on … Continue reading →

Posted in Cakes, Chocolate, Jam, Puddings | 6 Comments

Chocolate & Fleur de Sel Cookies and false alarms

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

Chocolate & Fleur de Sel Cookies – Biscotti al Cioccolato e Fior di Sale Music: False Alarm, KT Tunstall. I hate false alarms, hate to be proven wrong in my convictions, and weirdly I loved these cookies. The cruncy topping … Continue reading →

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Porto & Red Fruit Chocolate Crinkles, when the cracks don’t seem to show

Posted on October 24, 2010 by

Porto & Red Fruit Chocolate Crinkles – Crinkles al Porto & Cioccolato ai Frutti Rossi Music: China, Tori Amos. Many of my best, oldest friends live far away from where I live. Before they left here, I ignored the power … Continue reading →

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Modican Chocolate Cookies and every stone, a story

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

Modican Chocolate Cookies – Biscotti al Cioccolato Modicano Music: St. Teresa, Joan Osborne. What I love about this song is that it sounds intimate, familiar, and effortless. Maybe primitive. Like these crunchy, chocolaty cookies with Modican chocolate, crumbling on your … Continue reading →

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Chilli, Pear Chocolate Cake and the moon is in the street

Posted on October 16, 2010 by

Chilli, Pear Chocolate Cake – Torta Piccante al Cioccolato e Pere Music: Time, Tom Waits. The moon is in the street, the wind is making speeches and the rain sounds like a round of applause. These aren’t my words, of … Continue reading →

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