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Apron and Sneakers - Cooking & Traveling in Italy
www.apronandsneakers.com
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Food, travel & documenting them with photos pretty much sums up what this blog is all about. You will find some pictures of the food I prepared & bits of traveling. Together with my Italian husband, 5-year old son & 1-year old daughter, we explore the beautiful kitchen & land of Italy.
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Calamari Ripieni (Stuffed Calamari)

Red, white and green are my favorite colors in a plate. They epitomize freshness and Mediterranean cooking which influence my cooking a lot. Red, white and green are also the colors of the Italian fl...

22 h ago

Polpette di Tonno (Tuna Balls) and the Town of Bolsena

Thirteen years ago, when I moved here, no one could understand me when I ask where and how are the malls are. Finally, my husband took me to the mall. It was a small one (but already their biggest) w...

2 days ago

Strawberry & Mascarpone Swiss Roll

As I often said to anyone listening, I am not a baker. A frustrated one, if you want to know really. I have long admired beautiful cakes and had never thought (but always dreamt) that I can create a ...

3 days ago

Riccioli al Barolo con Salsiccia e Funghi and the Town of Talamello

As soon as I walked in the shop, the rows of colossal bags of red, ribbon-like pasta caught my attention. To make the packaging even more attractive, they were all sealed with big, blue bows embossed...

5 days ago

Macedonia di Frutta al Limoncello

Im in a blogging binge here so have patience with me. I had been scrolling down my posted recipes and when I reached the fruit part, I was surprised that I havent shared this one yet. I do have a an ...

6 days ago 1 person likes this

Pan Seared Mediterranean Plaice

We all have a recipe or two that we turn to when we dont feel like spending time planning what to cook, rushing to the shops looking for certain ingredients or measuring and hoping that it will come ...

26 may 12

Barley Salad with Chickpeas, Fava Beans & Peas and a Giveaway

There we were, among hundreds of adults in the stands with some toddlers and infants, while hundreds of kids in colorful costumes were in the arena, coming from different schools from the outskirts o...

25 may 12

Nutella & Cherry Pizza

Its pizza making night at home. I like and I dont like it for two reasons. Its laborious, roots me to the kitchen all throughout the pizza making process and we dont get to eat our pizzas hot altoget...

23 may 12

Speck Skewers with Herb Mayonnaise and Grilled Mediterranean Aubergine Bundles with Provola: A Virt...

Over an overseas call, I was giving my sister an educational trip to the blogging world in a nutshell. She is one of those people whose mind antagonizes anything computerized and has no space for acc...

21 may 12

A Sicilian Summer Breakfast: Tris di Granita con Brioche

I know its not summer yet but with all the ice creams floating around the food blogs, I couldnt resist making something cold and fruity on my own. I have yet to take out my ice cream maker so ice cre...

21 may 12

Taho: Soft Tofu, Vanilla Syrup & Tapioca in a Glass

"Taho is soft tofu mixed with sago pearls and syrup slightly flavored with vanilla served in a glass. Oh, and its our breakfast." That was how I explained what this taho is to my husband af...

20 may 12

Coconut Pandan Crepes

The aroma of pandan (pandanus amaryllifolius belonging to the screwpine genus) is unmistakably Asian and grips me to familiarity. Happy thoughts came about from my childhood as I remember the smell o...

18 may 12

Banana Heart & Shrimps in Coconut Milk and Esquilino Market

I have been cooped up in my kitchen for the past days cooking endlessly. I love cooking but I came to the point of wanting to raise both my arms to the air and shout surrender. Or wave my white disht...

17 may 12

Jackfruit Tapioca Trifle with Muscovado & Coconut

I remember always bracing for the tummy ache my Mom would always warn me about if I eat too much jackfruit. There was always a little fear behind every bite I make. I never really had the dreaded tum...

16 may 12

Tris di Banana

Show me a tris di dessert (trio of desserts) in a restaurant menu, and I will never say no to it. I love having different kinds of small desserts in one plate. Dessert is the most pleasurable part of...

14 may 12

Braised Mediterranean Chicken with Red Currants & Passito di Pantelleria

Che buon odore! Stai cucinando col Marsala, Mommy? (What a good odor! Are you cooking with Marsala, Mommy?)My son greeted me with this surprising question as soon as he opened the door to the house. ...

11 may 12

Mediterranean Black Linguine and the Republic of San Marino

As I promised, here is the post about the Republic of San Marino. The pictures, like the rest of the old ones I had been posting the past days, are taken by my old reliable Lumix point and shoot. Tho...

10 may 12

Black Venere & Basmati Rice Timballo with Grilled Vegetables & Shrimps and the Town of San Leo

Grilled asparagus. Grilled capsicum. Grilled shrimps. Cooked basmati rice. Cooked black venere rice. Taking these food out left some empty gaps in the fridge. My main objective that day was to finish...

08 may 12

Fiori dAcacia Fritti (Fried Black Locust Flowers) and the Medieval Town & Castle of Gradara

Most of you should be unfamiliar with these flowers because they are not widely used in cooking. Well cooking with flowers is not really everyones thing. What am I saying? First, let me introduce the...

06 may 12

Fritelle di Mele (Apple Fritters)

Theres always a period for everything and I am a long way off with these treats. I had been wanting to make some frittele di mele (apple fritters) for a long time but I just kept on passing it up for...

06 may 12

Chive Blossom Vinegar

I took the bottle with the vibrant pink liquid to the cupboard and placed it in front where I can easily see it and grab it. Right beside my choice of vinegar of the moment, honey vinegar. This pink ...

04 may 12

Panini di Savoiardi con Nutella, Caffe & Cocco

NUTELLA. Its the current magic word at home that replaced miele (honey), the long time protagonist in the kids choice of spread on their bread. Now, we are buying one jar after the other with an alar...

03 may 12

Italian Grilled Seafood & Vegetable Platter

Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day! Come to think of it, rain was really previsioned for Labor Day but when we woke up that morning, the sun was shining so bright that it was imperative to h...

02 may 12

Boccole with Asparagus, Guanciale & Tomatoes and The Village of Ceri (Part 2)

Communicating whole sentences without uttering a single word is possible if you live in Italy. Italians are animated conversationalists accompanied by the innumerable gestures that the language has. ...

01 may 12

Torta Salata ai Carciofi (Artichoke Quiche) and the Artichoke Festival of Ladispoli

When I asked my husband to get SOME artichokes if he happens to see the truck selling them at the town, I didnt mean a whole big box of them with an added bonus of a whole sack of white onions. I sto...

30 apr 12

Honey Lime Ginger Chicken Thighs and Philippine Java Rice

Its warm. Its sunny. The air is still. And best of all, its a national holiday! The 25th of April is Italys Festa della Liberazione. That means no work and no school. And theres no better way to spen...

27 apr 12 1 person likes this

Spring Salad with Chive Blossoms & Squash Seeds

Weekday lunch at home is usually slow. There are just me and my 2-year old daughter, Sofia, to cook for. On rare moments, my husband joins us. My first-grader son stays in school the whole day and...

24 apr 12

Risotto with Artichokes, Apples and Flower Sprinkles and the Village of Ceri

I love sprinkles of color on white. Especially yellow. Yellow dictates a positive outlook in life. Sunshine, light, happiness. It has been my favorite color ever since I was a child, which my Mom...

23 apr 12

Pasta alla Carrettiera

"Too much garlic?"Four cloves of garlic for a serving of four? I dont think I can handle that. Neither can the author of the email I just received. There was a link to a pasta recipe tha...

21 apr 12 1 person likes this

Strawberry Tart, Strawberry Trifle, Three Awards and a Cat Who Ate My Tart

I have more things to share today that I think you should grab a chair, sit down and lend me an ear. Good things got thrown in to my side of the blogger fence these past two days. While on the nei...

19 apr 12

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