Today was market day in Lecce! So I went to the market (the one where locals go) and met my producer friends who gave me their super sweet tomatoes, basil plants, dried oregano, broccoli rabe and delicious cacioricotta cheese. Therefore, with all these beautiful ingredients I decide to make handmade [...]
There is no better way to start the day than to wake up and find out that the weather outside is beautiful and sunny (65° F!)! So I and Marika went to closest beach in Lecce, where the Sunday farmers market takes place. It was a real feast with all those colorful [...]
What a fun day today! My sister and I got together and made fresh orecchiette pasta! Orecchiette pasta is the typical pasta course we have on a Sunday lunch in Puglia. We started making the orecchiette at 9am so that the pasta had enough time to dry before lunch In [...]
