Tag: student
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Darrio Cecchini: The Mad Butcher of Panzano
As lockdown lifts and the world adapts to a new ‘normal’, I have found myself reflecting on the magnitude of recipe successes and failures that we have all experienced over the past months. Sourdough, banana bread and attempts at Pret’s chocolate chip cookies are just a few of the trends that seem to have been…
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Isolation Realisations
Scrabble, puzzles and chess, I have something to get off my chest, Cooking, baking, cocktail making, I wouldn’t give quarantine a very high rating. Walking, running, skipping, I have felt my morale dipping. Texting friends, colleagues or exes, I’ve discovered lots of niche flexes. Writing, watching and reading, With the inkling of a strong feeling…
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Massimo Bottura and a Bitesized Revolution
During this quarantine period I have learnt a very important lesson about myself: I live for food. My entire day revolves around it. What is there to eat? What shall I cook? Shall I try baking? Will everyone enjoy this meal? Does it even matter if I know I’ll like it? You know, the usual…
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A Family Affair
*To be read in heated family moments* I love my family dearly, Even if they claim to always hear me. Be it singing in the shower, Talking to my friends every hour, Still, I love my family dearly. I love my family greatly, Even if they sometimes ‘hate’ me. Living in such close proximities Can…
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An Ode to Pizza
An ode to pizza, my greasy friend, I never want the last bite to end. You always surprise me with something new, yet never once have I uttered: “I’ve bitten off more than I can chew!” The perfect combination of tomato and cheese, complemented so perfectly by a topping of zucchini. With chili oil or…
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Acqua Alta: The Rising Tide
November 2019 was certainly an eventful month for Venice. As a current resident in this sinking city, a lot of questions have been put to me recently; why is Venice flooding? What is Acqua Alta? Are you okay? And my personal favourite: Did you remember a wet suit? Acqua Alta itself is not an anomaly…
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Una piccola introduzione
I’ve always found the concept of writing a blog relatively strange. The likelihood of anyone apart from family and friends reading has always been extremely low in my mind. Not to start with a pessimistic tone, but purely because they will have been the unlucky ones to have been bombarded with emails or texts containing…
Not Sophia Loren 