Sorry it’s pasta again…
The last two weeks had been very busy but special, my secondary schoolmate, Cynthia came to stay with me all the way from sunny San Francisco to snowy Basel. I guess if …

Having Marc around, I have to cook something quick and easy most of the time these days. Pasta is quick to prepare and can have so many variations. I had some fresh pork sausages kept …

Just came back from our Easter break in France (Normandy and Paris), it was a very nice holiday as the weather turned out to be better than forecasted which made the whole trip more pleasant.  I have organised …

The other day when I saw my friend wrote that she was going to make penne alla vodka, it immediately intrigued me as it was the first time I heard about this pasta dish, apparently …

This winter has brought a lot of snow across Europe. Honestly I am not that excited about the snowy condition, it brings a lot of inconvenience to our daily life. Having said that I like …

When was your first Spaghetti Bolognese? My first experience was when I was about 8 years old in Hong Kong, it was not an authentic one of course but it was the best one I had, after a …

This summer we have some wonderful yellow pear cherry tomatoes from our vegetable garden (thanks to Philly again for introducing this special tomato to me), the normal tomatoes do not harvest well this year due to …

 
The other night initially I did not have any idea what to cook for myself, I did not feel hungry until it’s almost 9pm. I seemed to feel hungry only when it was gradually getting dark. When …

Recently I seem to have a lot of encounter with Italian food, homemade amaretti, mozzarelline allo zafferano, best ravioli and cappelletti in Basel (see below)
I was told that Paste Ines has the best pasta in town, Paste Ines …