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40 hours ago

A comforting and rustic plate inspired by trip to a traditional Roman trattoria

The benefit of soaking and cooking (or, better still, pressure cooking) your own beans are many: less packaging; money s…

8 days ago

A decadent, velvety and chocolatey set cream dessert infused with aromatic rosemary

The pungent and lingering aromas of familiar kitchen herbs – oregano, rosemary, sage, thyme, bay, lavender, mint – s…

15 days ago

Shaken and rubbed in a cloth, this simple Italian classic has never tasted better

Nightclubs, mechanics, restaurants, a theatre, a wholesale butcher and an Apostolic church occupy some of the network …

22 days ago

Marbled flesh and fat are key to this rich, succulent and dense ragu, boosted with powerful notes of bay, sage and rosemary

It’s 10.30am and steam carrying the smell of onions, beans, cabbage and brai…

29 days ago

This crisp and punchy salad is a tribute to the late veg specialist Charlie Hicks and a shared love of the versatile Italian chicory puntarelle

Like many, I remember Charlie Hicks from Veg Talk, a wee…

36 days ago

This bean and pasta dish has always taken on variations from around Italy – and even Thailand

Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, under the banner of story, art and folklore, the Roman publ…

4 months ago

A biscuit crossed with a flapjack crossed with a bread pudding: these snacks are best enjoyed with a hot drink

This, then, was the situation: it was Friday night after a long week, and having met a fr…

Small pasta shapes from a wondrous Roman bakery inspire a delicious dish that will keep for days

Just beyond the hard rush of Viale Marconi, in the quieter Via Gerolamo Cardano, is a popular bakery ca…

These mighty mini pizzas, inspired by the late Russell Norman, are characteristically unfussy, practical and delicious

While a few books on the shelf have lost their spines over the years, one book ha…

5 months ago

Two speedy spaghetti-based favourites: with a quick tomato, garlic and chilli sauce, and with tinned fish, capers, chilli and lemon

“I make your coat-on almond biscuits most weeks,” a woman told me in…

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