Archive for Pasta & Pizza

This Lukewarm Salad is Hot!


Moving house is an energy consuming business. This pasta salad is the perfect reward after yet another day of packing, recycling, tossing and schlepping. It has something of everything for the pallet, a little sweet, sour, salty and bitter. It also has structure and ‘bite’ mixed in with a bit of gooey. Save some for [...]

Pizza con Pere e Taleggio


Buonissimo! A very simple pizza with sweet pear and soft taleggio cheese, but o so delicious. When in Italy it is almost impossible to eat bad food (although there are some tourist hotspot to steer clear from). When in doubt just take two left turns away from the main squares and you’ll be sure to [...]

Pasta with Sage and Lemon Zest

Our ‘best performing’ herb in the garden is sage. So we came up with a nice recipe to use some of the fresh young leaves. It’s simple and absolutely delicious, the sage leaves become nice and crisp with an intense flavor that works perfect with the lemon. The chilli gives it the extra little kick. [...]