Recipe for Pasticciotto Napoletano: Pastry Cream Pie with Black Cherries

From our 2010 blog archives… but still just as sweet today! Also, check out this great video HERE from 2011 of our dear friend’s mother making this recipe for us! Per la frolla: (a sweet crust)3 1/2 c flour (use 3 and the other half if needed)1/2 c of butter1/2 c of sugar3 …

The Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School: Love at 1st sight

Case Vecchie at the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School

“Visiting Case Vecchie at the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School for the first time in 1998 was like coming home. The approach through the green rolling countryside left a deep impression, as some places in the world will do. Rural beauty softens the heart. There was a noticeable feeling of falling into a familiar place, yet knowingly seeing it for the first time.” — Peggy Markel of Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures

Reading the Invisible

The winds blow northerly as we head straight into them on our way to the isle of Capri after sailing around Ischia and Procida in the Bay of Naples. I feel like we’ve been on a sea-fari. We see mythical islands, mix with the elements, while staying safe on our boat protecting ourselves not from wild animals, but a deep blue unpredictable sea and sky. Our captain reads the weather like a book, knowing when and where to go. It’s like being in the hands of a magician.