Lunch with the Foodie Bugler herself

Raspberry and almond ice creams with blackberries from the garden

Silvana has done us proud in the August edition of the Foodie Bugle. As well as a loving account of lunch here a few weeks ago, she has included pieces about Whitbourne Hall - where we live - and its gardens, plus a report of her visit to our local grocer/butcher/deli, Legges in  Bromyard.Bromyard.

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Culatello maker Podere Cadassa, Parma  Photo: Liz Cousins

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This month's Foodie Bugle is on-line at http://thefoodiebugle.com/   It includes interviews with Anna del Conte and the editor of Delicious, plus pieces about the production of culatello - ours - and runner beans, and about setting up a chocolate factory.

Surprise meeting

Last night we dined at Locanda del Castello at Palazzo Rossi, Sasso Marconi. And so did Donna and Alistair. So what? Well, funnily enough they were there because they read this blog and decided they liked the sound of the Locanda. And they spotted me from the photo on the blog and introduced themselves. We' d sat at adjacent tables and hearing their accent, I wondered how they'd found out about this slightly off the beaten track restaurant. Anyway, it was an unexpected pleasure to meet some blog followers out of the blue.

In the excitement of the moment, I forgot to ask how they found it. I look forward to reading your comments, Donna and Alastair, about the Locanda and the other places you've tried on your eating tour.

As usual, we loved it. Especially, the lasagnette with aubergine and pesto, the pork chops, and a mille feuille with mascarpone and chocolate (look out for recipe later). The food is classically Bolognese but always with a slight twist of creativity. Incidentally, we got there on the 92 bus, getting off at Pontecchio, walking down the lane to the train station, and crossing over. But we needed a taxi home at 1130.

Primo post da Bologna - First blog from Bologna

Benvenuti a Bologna dov’e arrivata presto l’estate quest’anno (e dove sto sciolendo come un gelato).

Eccolo il primo post della citta e il primo in italiano – la mia versione. Como sempre nell’mercati l’offerta del cibo - frutta e verdure, carne, salumi, pesce, formaggi – e stupificante. Bellisimo, soppratutto le primizie: asparagi, fragole, carciofi toscani. E, questa volta a Bologna, abbiamo una cucina nell’appartamento.

Quindi, aspettavi una serie di ricette per piatto composti da frutta e verdure. Anche interviste con persone chiavi della ‘food scene’ Bolognese.

First post from Bologna

Welcome to Bologna where summer has come early this year (and I am dissolving in the heat).



New season artichokes from Tuscany



Thanks to a week in an excellent language school – La Cultura Italiana – this is my first blog in Italian. Or rather my version of Italian. As always the display of food – fruit, vegetables, salami, hams, fish, cheese - in the markets is amazing. But the most mouth watering sight is the spring fruit and vegetables: glistening strawberries, green asparagus from Altedo, tiny purpleTuscan artichokes. And this time in Bologna we have a kitchen to cook in in our apartment. So, you can expect a lot of recipes for vegetable dishes and puddings involving fruit, as well as interviews with the people who make the Bolognese food scene tick.

The Foodie Bugle

At last, a well-designed e-zine that brings together the best of food writing from all over the world to  tell 'the whole story of simple, frugal, seasonal food and drink from farm to fork, from soil to shop, from grape to glass.'


The Foodie Bugle is the  brain child of Silvana de Soissons, a tireless enthusiast for honest eating. A cooperative online magazine,  it will  'promote education and understanding in a subject that unites all of mankind, leaving aside the cult of celebrity, aspirational advertising and passing fads.'  The first edition features South African food, decadent desserts of the world, an artisan baker on the south coast of England, Persian cookery, eating in Provence and a piece by me about the pasta makers of Bologna, le sfogline.
 
Make a note to visit it every week at http://thefoodiebugle.com/
 
 

Taste for Bologna - Acclaim

Taste for Bologna has been selected as one of the best city travel blogs by the UK's Guardian newspaper. See what they say about us at http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/places/italy/bologna/index.jsp
But also explore the website. There are readers' tips for places to eat, stay and visit including Mirabilandia Theme Park. Anyone been there?

Hope for carnivores

Somehow, by accident, this blog seems to have turned into a treasure trove of vegetarian recipes. I know that will delight many of you. But I make this  solemn promise to the carnivores: there is a whole stream of meaty - and fishy- dishes coming up as autumn sets in. Including wild boar sauce with pappardelle and, next week, involtini di pollo - chicken rolls stuffed with prosciutto and cheese. There will be tagliata di manzo - steak with a balsamic sauce - pork pot roasted in milk with sage and the famous cotelette bolognese.

Here I am at work in the kitchen of our tiny house built into the corner of a Victorian walled garden - preparing yet another vegetable dish, I recall.