pisa

livorno

florence

ponce e cinque e cinque

Ponce* comes in two flavours: super sweet hot mandarin and super sweet hot coffee

* undrinkably awful?? or just hilarious?

Thankfully, it was preceded by cinque e cinque - the most delicious thing ever - otherwise i may have ended up siding with the pisanese.

Here is a recipe for the torta di ceci; i will be making this for sure this week.

Farinata (Torta di Ceci)

• 12 ounces spring water
• 4 ounces Italian chick pea flour
• salt
• rosemary
• a few tablespoons of olive oil
• pepper

Mix the water and the flour with a wooden spoon; make sure there are no lumps, add salt to taste, and mix again. Add the rosemary and let it sit for a while (one to three hours). At this point add the olive oil. Remove the rosemary and pour in a baking pan. It should be about an eighth of an inch thick, perhaps a little more. Put it in a preheated oven at 190-200°C (375-400°F). Remove from the oven when one of the corners (or the edge) starts to appear dark. Sprinkle plenty of pepper and serve.

For cinque e cinque: put torta between bread. Melanzane optional. Enjoy at seaside.

ukes not nukes

baked goods

things i have made

So the cuteness of the sleeping bag bear completely inspired me and I spent Saturday night knitting up a storm... and knitting, and knitting. It's a bit hard to tell from the photograph, but the beanie ended up being monstrously large! Some could say that my understanding of gauge has a ways to go.

Fortunately, S has an enormous head! I will put up clearer photos later in the week, if I get a chance to take some under better lighting conditions.

PS Mum, those ears are CROCHETED, not knitted!

cold and gloomy friday

makes me wish i had this bear sleeping bag by Eiko Ishizawa.

geneva tuesday

A came to visit this week. So lovely to see him!

Thankyou for lending him to me, A; and thankyou for the adorable legwarmers!