Cooking class in Tuscany

Southern Strawberry Cake

My aunt in Mississippi made this cake for every family birthday, and nobody ever complained that it started with a box of white cake mix. The mix combined with a packet of strawberry gelatin, four eggs, vegetable oil, water, mashed fresh strawberries, milk, and vanilla …

Vegan Blueberry and Peach Crumble

The moment you open the oven after forty-five minutes, the kitchen smells like a fruit stand in July. Three cups of blueberries and four sliced peaches with sugar, flour, and lemon juice, baked under a crumble of oats, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and melted vegan …

Green Pea Pasta Salad with Halloumi

Why does this pasta salad have wasabi in the dressing? Because wasabi mayonnaise mixed with Greek yoghurt and lemon juice makes a dressing that is creamy, tangy, and sharp in a way that regular mayo never manages. It coats pasta, blanched green peas, fava beans, …

Mexican Grilled Corn

Mexican grilled corn is not American grilled corn with toppings thrown on. It is a different food. You leave the husk on, wrap the ear in aluminium foil, and grill it slowly until the kernels are soft and slightly charred. Then you unwrap it and …