Urtica dioicaKnown as common nettle, stinging nettle or stinger.
Family: Urticaceae.
Genus: Urtica.
Species: U. dioica.
Of all the wild herbs, nettle has to be my favorite of them all. It is something very familiar to me, that I’ve eaten since childhood. In our garden we left on purpose a little…
Tomorrow is World Pasta Day! As an Italian living abroad, pasta has an important meaning for me. Every time I need some comfort food, that’s the day I would make pasta for lunch. If I happen to have a free day, in the top list of activities there is…
I can’t believe I haven’t yet published a pasta recipe in this blog! Here goes a thanks to my faithful partner in crime and blog Desirée, who had suggested me some time ago to publish some “normal” recipes, something easy and quick to prepare in the everyday life, accessible…
I was recently asked if I could publish more traditional Italian recipes. The truth is that I’ve taken these recipes for granted, as they are our family’s everyday food. When I told dad that I was editing some photos for a post about bagna cauda, he immediately asked: “Didn’t…