Progress on the patchwork altar frontal has been chugging on diligently backstage in spite of  no mention of it on the blog. People have delivered a few stars and I have only a very few embroidered flowers still to do. But this village is so active – both because of village events and also because […]

Amaretti scuri are dark macaroons whose depth of colour and flavour comes from cocoa powder. They could not be more easy to make and at their best are slightly crisp on the outside but chewy within.  The egg yolks can be used up either by adding them to the ingredients for an extra fortifying  omelette […]