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My friend Chiara Cabrini (she is a relative of the famous Saint Francis Cabrini) gave me a recipe book as a present. On the first page she wrote the recipe of “piadina”, a kind of flat bread very well known in the center of Italy).

In Italy you can buy piadinas at every supermarket, but here in the United States it is very difficult to find. This is why I decided to make it by scratch. Read more »

My friend Debba had her birthday a few days ago and in her honor I would like to write about her best recipe. Everyone that knows Debba has (sooner or later) tried her “granatina”. It is a cake made of chocolate and it is a little bit less soft than a mousse.

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This is an easy appetizer that can be also made some hour in advance and then warmed up in the oven. It is a recipe from my friend Luisa and I can assure it is very good.

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“Strudel” is a dessert that comes from Austria and it is wonderful to eat it warm after skiing in the mountains. But even if I do not live in the mountains I like to eat it for breakfast or in the afternoon.

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My friend Chiara makes a very good Italian ice-cream. Every time she invites us for dinner I ask her to make her wonderful banana ice-cream. It is good because it is not too sweet and it is very similar to the “gelato” you can find in Italy (ohh… I miss my gelato dinners in Bibione).

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