The cafe

In the rural village of Stenson I came across a little cafe that is located in the ground floor of a larger house that looks like it was formerly a pub. The cafe sits on the banks of the river. The tables and deck chairs on the veranda near the embankment was full of families

More cake, anyone?

What did you say? More cake? Well, I don’t mind if I do! Thank you 😉 Here in the above photo is the authentic Italian tiramisu made by my sister-in-law. I have never been able to make a tiramisu anywhere near as good as her one. Every mouthful was divine and I savoured every bite.

Pasticceria

We popped into the local Pasticceria in Policastro. It was the same Pasticceria we used a few years ago to order our lemon sponge wedding cake and the pastries. We bought a kilo of a selection of miniature pastries. Each one was different. It came on a gorgeous gold tray and was wrapped in pretty

Rice salad

This rice salad was made by my Mother in law, in Cilento, Italy. Ingredients: ========= 1. White Rice 2. Organic free range eggs from the family farm 3. German sausages (Wurstel) 4. Tin of tuna 5. Organic tomatoes also from the family farm. Method: ====== First she boiled the white rice until cooked. Note that

Chocolate afghan biscuits

It’s another family birthday today and so I have baked some chocolate afghan biscuits to mark the occasion. I couldn’t help myself but sample the biscuits as I was icing them. And I can say from first hand experience that they taste divine! For the icing sugar I used melted blocks of dark chocolate and