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Mike’s Nettle & Blue Cheese Tart

Mike’s Nettle & Blue Cheese Tart

Cooking with wild greens: Savoury tart with nettles and blue cheese

Foraging for wild greens

Foraging for wild greens

Foraging in Greece for wild greens. discovering wild rocket and wild asparagus.

Spaghetti with sword fish

Spaghetti with sword fish

Sicilian food at its best. My favourite swordfish pasta.

Sautéed shrimps on creamy cannellini bean purée

Sautéed shrimps on creamy cannellini bean purée

A healthy North Italian dish with shrimps

Noto, capital of Sicilian baroque

Noto, capital of Sicilian baroque

Day trip to Noto A bit over an hour’s drive out of Catania, and not far from the beautiful coastline of Syracusa, lies the sumptuous town of Noto.     A well treasured UNESCO world heritage site, Noto is known to all as the capital 

Lisbon revisited (updated April 2024)

Lisbon revisited (updated April 2024)

Lisbon. Something old, something new… but, what’s all the hype about? Portugal may well be the quiet little backwater of Europe, but it harbours a vibrant capital city with much to offer. Novelty and change are always in the air, a result of Portugal’s long