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Lucullian delights - an Italian experience
www.luculliandelights.com
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This is a food-and-photo blog where I try to capture my own experience of Italy through various recipes and photographs of what I eat and what I see. Me? I'm Swedish but living in Tuscany since 1994.
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Sweet summer calls me - Sponge Cake Bruschetta With Berries, Maple Syrup and Cinnamon Salsa

Well it is more like me calling for sweet summer actually because so far its not that summery around here. OK it is green and flowery all over but the sun is reluctant to show up, it teases us now an...

9 h ago 1 person likes this

Beat the boredom - Cold Carrot, Rosemary and Lemon Soup With Pancetta Topping

This is a busy week, lots of things to do before we leave for two weeks in Sweden on Sunday and I live by my daily lists, ticking off all the things that pop up in my head and that would disappear if...

3 days ago 1 person likes this

Plate To Page Somerset 2012 - the story so far

Its time to post about our third Plate To Page Workshop, this time held in Somerset in the UK. It is not easy to write about really because I find it difficult to describe the energy, the emotions (o...

5 days ago

So much to say - Shepherds Bread

I cant believe myself it but I managed to bake this months Bread Baking Babes bread and I loved it. I really must get better on that front because it is such a great way to discover new breads and to...

16 may 12 1 person likes this

Spuds with a twist - Potatoes With Broad Bean, Cheese, Mint and Sesame Seed Filling

On Thursday Im off to England where I will teach food photography at Plate To Page Somerset with my friends Jamie, Jeanne and Meeta. It feels unreal but this time I will go unless I break a leg or so...

14 may 12

The Curse of the Lemon Moon - Lemon and Rosemary Pannacotta

Lemon and rosemary is an unbeatable combination be it in savoury dishes or sweet ones, I never tire of those two and together they sparkle! OK, maybe I am exaggerating a little but it is a great comb...

10 may 12

An all year round dish - Egg, Cheese and Bread Pudding With Vegetables

After a week of blog vacation it feels good to be back and I can tell you that I have a long list of things I want cook up and post here. I clearly needed time off to recharge the font of my inspirat...

07 may 12

enjoy the silence

This week is not a recipe week because in-between national holidays Im full of work that has to be dealt with urgently so please be patient and enjoy the images and my silence!

02 may 12

only images today

29 apr 12

Why didnt I think about it before? - Chili Pepper Farinata

Yes really, why didnt I think about it before? We all love hot food in this family, at least in one form or another so why didnt I ever think about adding some heat to a farinata? Such a simple thoug...

26 apr 12

A promise to my daughter - Roibos and Vanilla Muffins With Chocolate Chips

Dark white. Seeing white through my camera often surprises me because the camera doesnt adjust nuances and shades like my brain does. There are so many whites: shining white, bright white, eggshell w...

23 apr 12 1 person likes this

Old favourites and Links on Sunday

I have been going digging in my archives for old photos (that watermark is just to watermark them) to post some old favourites of mine, I think this will be a new feature here on Sundays. As to the l...

22 apr 12

Just a lot of talk

HA - those were my last famous words, I thought I was going to Sicily to teach a workshop but the day before I would have leaned back in the chair on the airplane to Catania, they phoned and asked me...

19 apr 12

Doing it my way - Italian Chicken Pie

This last week I have been working on the workshop Im doing in Catania, Sicily this upcoming weekend, it is quite a feat for a visual person who is naturally concise to talk for 8-10 hours but it is...

16 apr 12

Its raining here - Links on Sunday

I love symmetry, non-symmetry and great composition. I like people, places and things that stick out and some of these really do! I found this via friends on Facebook, irresistible! scary to see Cr...

15 apr 12

Make life sweeter - Madeira Marinated Strawberries With Toasted Sponge Cake

Strawberries are devious little buggers, they look like the key to the promised land of sweetness but you can never be sure if they live up to that promise or not. How many times havent you bought s...

10 apr 12 1 person likes this

Evidence

I will be back tomorrow with a recipe but today I cant resist posting some photos from around here.

09 apr 12

Happy Easter and Im a Happy Saveur Food Blog Awards Finalist

A week with good things (most important) and a few bad things (but that will change) but what else could I expect from life really? Everything served on a silver platter? Magari as you say in Italia...

06 apr 12

A quick bite when on the go - Crostini With Lemon and Mint Peas

So many great things are happening right now that I just cannot concentrate enough on making a nice post with an interesting recipe right now but as I have a bag with fresh peas waiting to be used,...

03 apr 12

Flowers and Links on Sunday

Its the 1st of April, here are the facts! And here and here you have some examples of nice Aprils Fools jokes I dont know how to describe this, look and marvel at the faces. Irresistible, I can hardl...

01 apr 12

Lets do it healthy - Chocolate and Cinnamon Oats Smoothie

This is really a quick post because today I am working on shooting my monthly contribution to Sale & Pepe and I really did the photos for this post because I wanted to test out the light setting...

29 mar 12

A treat for every season - Cannelloni With ZucchinI, Ricotta and Tomato Sauce

I see a totally beautiful day outside my kitchen door so I will try to make this post short so that I can go out and sit in the sun instead. I want to sit there listening to the birds, feel the breez...

26 mar 12

The importance of light - Sunday links and photos

I like Russian writers a lot, old ones I mean because I cant say I have read much of Russian contemporary literature, so this is really interesting for me too look at. For you too I hope. Love at fir...

25 mar 12

Spice up your life - Spicy Oven Roasted Potatoes

"Only a mediocre man is always at his best." ~W. Somerset Maugham Im dont like citations much but when I heard this one earlier today, I fell in love. I have very strong feelings about medio...

22 mar 12 1 person likes this

Italian workshop and a Monday celebration cake - Oat Cake With Cherry Jam

I dont know if you do it, some of you do Im sure, but I study food photography a lot. I get all the books I can find about it though I know most of it already but there are always some nuggets of gol...

19 mar 12 1 person likes this

Spring and a glimpse of a daughter (for once) in collaboration with Links on Sunday

On my birthday my husband presented me with an envelope with cut out letters that I was supposed to put together in order to find out what his birthday present was. A chaotic anagram so to speak. Her...

18 mar 12

Parcels af goodness - Short Crust Pastries With Romanescu Cabbage, Sun-dried Tomatoes and Almond Fi...

Cauliflower is nice but Romanescu cabbage is even nicer, it has a sweeter taste and it looks even better: it is famous example of fractals in food and with its strange forms and beautiful green colou...

15 mar 12

A dish to remember - Spicy Rice Cake With Tomatoes and Pancetta

First of all I want to thank you for all your warm comments on my ramble on food blogging, it just proves what I always say: I have the best readers there are! Some of you are even too nice, I mig...

12 mar 12

Links on Sunday

Im back home after two days of shooting cakes from a renowned pasticceria. A pleasant job. But now it is time for the links: I have linked to beards before but I just love them, some men are so creat...

11 mar 12

A ramble and a soup - Simple Tomato Soup With Mint And Crispy Bacon

I have a head cold and I feel like the stuff I throw on our compost heap. But a girl got to eat even when she cant feel subtle flavours so today I made soup because I had nothing prepared to post her...

08 mar 12

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