March 11, 2008
- Traditional Italian Easter cakes - colombe, torte e uova di cioccolato
In my regular ‘From my kitchen to yours‘ newsletter this week I’ve been sharing my thoughts and memories about my Easter holidays.
Pasqua, or Easter-time in Italy is in many ways my favourite holiday time of the year. It is much calmer than Christmas, and in some ways more spiritual.
Normally it coincides with the first wave [...]
November 19, 2007
- Battistero - beautiful Italian Christmas panettone
We’ve now received our Christmas range of beautiful Italian chocolate panettone from Battistero.
These were the most popular Christmas gifts last year, as much for the unique designs of the tins as for the cakes themselves!
The name Battistero is Italian for baptistry and this year is the fiftieth anniversary for the company of the same name [...]
