Author Archives: Rhona

 

Asian monster menu, and photos of Italy

Dec 30

We spent yesterday in Colorno, trying to eat our way through Asia. Amy, representing Hong Kong, gathered her pan-Asian army of chefs – Andy from Taiwan, Donghyun from Korea, Louisa from Australia – and together they fed us well, very … Continue reading →

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Cheese, more cheese

Dec 29

Travelling on Ryanair is … an experience. One of its peculiarities is that passengers are charged many hidden fees: for use of a credit card to make the booking, and for checking a bag, for example, and they give not … Continue reading →

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Fungus not chocolate

Dec 26

White (Tuber magnatum) and black (Tuber melanosporum) truffles. Truffles. Tartufi. What are they? Chocolates? Tubers, like their names? Mushrooms? An acquired taste? Why so expensive? A million questions, many appetites, much interest. And so it transpired two Saturdays ago that … Continue reading →

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London interlude

Dec 24

Just back from a week in London – a busy frantic expensive delightful week, and a week without email or internet. A novelty, but I’m glad to be back at the keyboard. I have a piece to post about the … Continue reading →

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Where the milk comes from

Dec 15

So today’s trip was to the dairy farm: we got in the bus to go to the farm to meet the man who owns the cows who give the milk that makes the cheese… But before the farm, there was … Continue reading →

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