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Chestnut mini-capresi

When you change Continent, you don’t immediately think of all the little implications and changes in your daily life. Like Autumn. Here in Shanghai it’s hot, parks and avenues are still green and osmanthus in bloom. Its scent invades the city at this time, just open the window and its sweet and intense smell invests...

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Pumpkin and raisin cake

Like every year, in fall, my oven has an appointment: the one with pumpkin cakes. Yes, in the plural because there are the great old classics and the new entries. This pumpkin and raisin cake is actually a classic for me, even though I had never photographed it, one of my favorites, which I do...

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Almonds and apples galette

Here I am back in Shanghai after exploring another piece of Asia, Japan. And as usual I came back with a great desire to put something in the oven. Something autumnal, despite the more than summer temperatures that still make us sweat. And so here is a fast and delicious apples galette!

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Cocoa and almonds cake

I’m doing better than I thought here in my Shanghai kitchen. Before leaving I had no idea what tools I would find, ingredients, if I wanted and could mess up. But after some initial defaillance I am more or less organized. And when I’m not at home because of travel, returning home or for bureaucratic...

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Lime cookies

I’m back here, finally at home in Shanghai after a new journey to discover China. A few days off and then a brief return to Italy, where as usual I will play with joints: two marriages, a move, family, friends … But now break. In my kitchen, with my favorite cup, thinking about what to...