“Oeuf d’une heure…

“Oeuf d’une heure, pain d’un jour, vin d’un an”.  “Uovo di un’ora, pane di un giorno, vino di un anno”. “Egg of one hour old, bread of one day, wine of one year old”. Italian Proverb from Aosta Valley region Photo by Maurizio “OttO” De Togni

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“Bone so’ li…

“Bone so’ li ffiche e pure li cerase, ma trist’a quera panza ca pane nun ge trase” (Buoni i fichi, buone le ciliegie, ma triste quella pancia ove non entra il pane). “Figs are good, cherries are good, but sad is the belly where the bread doesn’t enter”. Italian proverb from Basilicata region Photo by […]

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“A World Of Sweets”, Episode #5 Tortelli Di Carnevale- Carnival Fritters (Italy) – Feat. Nonna Fernanda

http://vimeo.com/breadloveanddreams/nonnafernanda Today, March 8th, is a very special day for me! First of all, four years ago I gave birth to my adorable daughter Angelica! March 8th is also known as the International Women’s Day, a day to remember the political, social and economic achievements of the women and the discrimination and violence that women […]

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Bread making is one of those almost hypnotic businesses, like a dance from some ancient ceremony. It leaves you filled with one of the world’s sweetest smells… there is no chiropractic treatment, no Yoga exercise, no hour of meditation in a music-throbbing chapel that will leave you emptier of bad thoughts than this homely ceremony of making bread.”
M.F.K. Fisher