
Loving my life in #NorthernItaly,#writing, #travelling, #teaching and #blogging about #food & #health
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I think I see a heart reflection on this pomegranate.....a blessing for today maybe, the feast day of St Francis of Assisi! #pomegranate #melograno #StFrancisofAssisi #sanfrancesco #feastday #peace #love #buonadomenica #SundayMorning #nature #heart #blessing #italiansaints
Buon Ferragosta! ...#Italianholiday #italy #summerholidays #festa #vacanzeestive #summertime #buonferragosto
Enjoying cornish pasties, flower salads and English beaches!...
#summer #England #beaches #Cornishpasties #edibleflowers #salads #summerfood #summerholidays #seaside
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Actress Helen Mirren and her well-known passion for Italian olive oil 🇮🇹🫒
A true treasure for the palate, the table and our health
Helen owns a masseria in Puglia
When Xylella struck her olive trees, she was forced to replace them with resistant varieties
Today she is actively involved with the Save the Olives association, which fights the disease, funds research and works to protect the region’s centuries-old olive trees
Puglia alone produces around 40% of Italy’s olive oil
Its leading varieties — especially Coratina — yield bold, intensely bitter and pungent oils, characterised by that distinctive “kick” at the back of the throat
These oils rank among the richest in polyphenols (often 500–1,000+ mg/kg), exceptional natural antioxidants that deliver powerful benefits:
• cardiovascular protection
• anti-ageing properties
• anti-inflammatory effects
In short: a full-flavoured oil with outstanding nutraceutical qualities!
Use it generously, every day ✨
Let’s talk cheese …and make some ricotta!
#ricotta #cheesemaking #italy #italiancheese #mountaincheese #cheese #sheep #rawmilk #piemonte #langhe #easyrecipe #healthyeating #artisancheese
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Buona Domenica!...here's a quick & easy cooling soup for those hot days!....#daikon #japaneseradish #pinkpeppercorns #coconutsalsa #springcleanse #plantbasedfood #vegan #chilledsoup #Spain #redpeppertree #frankincense #health
A Cool Cleansing Daikon Soup: faustinag.substack.com
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The annual Pentecost tradition (today!) at Rome's Pantheon is a moment of extraordinary beauty.
It occurs every year on the seventh Sunday after Easter. At noon, after the Holy Mass, thousands of rose petals are dropped through the oculus of the mighty dome.
As the petals fall, a choir sings "Veni Sancte Spiritus," known as the Golden Sequence, a masterpiece of sacred Latin poetry.
This is to celebrate the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Virgin Mary and the Apostles.
The rose petal ritual likely dates back to 607 AD when the pagan temple became a Christian church.
My first attempt at making a Rose & Pistachio cake as a treat for this holiday weekend! ...it's pretty delicious!.. #homemadecake #teatime #italy
#rosepetals #Pistachio #rosewater #freshcream #merenda #holidayweekend #baking
R.I.P. Carlo Petrini... the Italian founder of the Slow Food Movement. His visionary ideas redefined the global conversation around food, transforming the simple act of eating into a powerful social and political statement. #CarloPetrini #SlowFood #Italy #visionary #globalfood
Pope Leo's message to the Turin International Book Fair, May 14 - 18, that literature must promote human dignity, peace and fraternity....stressing that children, especially amid 'the horror of war' and 'chill of indifference,' offer the world hope.
Pope Leo: “Reading nourishes the mind, helps cultivate a conscious and well-formed critical sense, and guards against fundamentalisms and ideological shortcuts.” Reading is “an antidote to closed-mindedness, which manifests in rigid attitudes and reductive views of reality.” vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/…






























