The sage is flowering, and the flowers are edible! I love to make a creamy pasta sauce with pumpkin, and sage is the perfect herb for it! Cu...

It is onion weed time again! Possibly one of the easiest plants to forage in New Zealand because it grows like a weed in many gardens and fi...

I mede a lot of jam this Italian Summer, from fruit that I foraged and also picked from the garden. Foraged: raspberries, blueberries, black...

  Sauté a small chopped onion with olive oil until translucent, then add chopped radicchio and a pinch of salt. Keep stirring.  When the rad...

  This is the type of recipe that I really like, it involves foraging (for stinging nettles this time, easy to find them in Italy, but rare ...

  I am not a huge fan of chicory, but I love chicory flowers. And I love fennel salad. I generally don't mix fennel with other vegetable...

  This is so easy: I used frozen edamame beans, blanched them in boiling water and then blended them with garlic, fresh basil, lemon juice, ...

Ricciarelli are delicious Italian (Tuscan) almond sweets, apparently originated in the XIV century. Making them in New Zealand is quite spec...

Well, it may seem silly but I never seen kiwi fruit disappearing so fast as when they were served this way! And I swear that they taste bett...

I have been planning to make a kawakawa liqueur for a while now, so when I went to Italy I bought back a bottle of 70% alcohol for this purp...

From my book Sweet As... ciambella alla ricotta. Ricotta ring cake. Usually made with jam filling, this time I added fresh redcurrants, it w...

  For the pasta:  200 g flour 2 free range eggs Mix the flour with the eggs to make a smooth and elastic dough. Divide into 6 pieces and pas...

  More than a recipe this is a tip: fresh red currants make a delicious tea, just wash the berries and add hot water, let them sit for 5-10 ...

For the dumplings: Grate 4 zucchini, add 500g of ricotta, 2 tbsp of grated Parmigiano Reggiano, 2 eggs, salt and pepper to taste,  and enoug...

I am on a diet but really wanted some chocolate for Mother's Day, something mostly raw, low carb and healthy. This dessert is so easy an...