This is a Mary Taylor Simeti interpretation of Sicilian ice cream, as made by her neighbourhood gelato maestro in Palermo. She painstakingly reproduced it at home so she can, in her words, "survive when he closes down for winter...". This … [Read more...]
Last-minute fruit cake with rum and vanilla
It's days before Christmas, and I haven't made The Cake yet. These past few years I have taken on the hefty responsibility of making my English family's traditional British Christmas Cake, and this year I dropped the ball. I should have made it in … [Read more...]