Fried fish in few painless steps…

Cooking fish is still for me somehow challenging. Other than fish fillet baked in the oven and spaghetti with clams, I am always a little bit “scared” of preparing fish, maybe because of the smell that it leaves, maybe because it is very time consuming to do it for many people. But, I didn’t want [...]

Spaghetti con le vongole in ritardo

Who was late you may ask, the clams, the spaghetti, or me…? Thing is that in my region (Campania, South of Italy) we use to prepare a fish menu for the Christmas Eve, and spaghetti with clams, is commonly the main dish at lunch. Here in San Francisco, I wasn’t able to keep the timing [...]

Felici Feste

Bread&Cherries augura Buon Natale, Felice Capodanno, e tanta pace e prosperità a tutti… scusate la brevità, ma sto preparando la lasagna e friggendo il pesce… a prestissimo per le ricette!
Bread&Cherries wishes a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and peace and prosperity to all of you… I apologize for being so brief, but I am preparing [...]

A trip to Foz Coa and Douro Region 02

Our short journey to the northern region of Portugal ends with a glorious visit and lunch at the Ramos Pinto Vineyards in the heart of the Douro Region.

A trip to Foz Coa and Douro Region 01

I would have needed many more posts to give you an idea of how rich and beautiful my experience in Portugal was, and I saw just a very little bit of the country and of the beauty and interest that it offers. But here we are, almost at the end of our brief journey to [...]

Eating in Braga 02

Continuing our tour of the Braga food experience, here two memorable restaurants where to taste the traditional Portuguese cooking: the Restaurante Cozinha da Se and the Restaurante Cruz Sobral.

Eating in Braga 01… Mamma Mia, ma quant’è buono?!

Apparently Portugal, and Braga in particular, is the land of restaurants with an incredible concentration of places where to eat. I found this webpage called “Escapadinha“, where you can search a rich database of places to visit, where to stay and where to eat in Portugal; only in Braga I found more than 160 restaurants!!!

Braga, a baroque jewel in Portugal

Just a few images from my trip to this beautiful historical city in the North of Portugal (the largest in Portugal after Lisbon and Porto).