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When I was in Rome last month, my mum had just finished making a batch of bitter orange marmalade. I sneakily put a jar in my suitcase and brought it back to London! My mum makes amazing jams and marmalades, something I have yet to try doing myself. Back...

In my last recipe post, I promised that I would bake more often and share the recipes on the blog. But the problem is, who is going to eat all my baked goods? I am happy to eat a slice of cake or a muffin every now and then, but when you end up eating...

When I arrived back home in London this week, after the big Italian wedding, I immediately felt the desire to bake. I haven't had the time to cook or bake much over the summer and I really missed that. I made a loaf of bread the day after I arrived, but...

To celebrate the second anniversary of Lavazza being the "Official Coffee of the Wimbledon Championships", the coffee brand has launched the Lavazza Coffee Set Match blogger challenge and I've been invited to participate! :) So expect many coffee-based...

Life has been very busy lately here at Mondomulia, what with attending foodie events, visiting food markets, trying out London restaurants and cafés and testing out new recipes at home! Not to mention, organising two weddings, looking for a new home,...

My obsession with beetroot continues! I first tried this vegetable one year ago: I was bored of the usual salad combinations and wanted to experiment with new ingredients. So I bought the cooked beetroot vacuum pack from Tesco and entered the world of...

Yes, I made it, I completed the Food for Runners challenge! The goal was to post one healthy recipe a week for 10 weeks to support my fiancé's nutrition and boost his energies in the lead up to the Rome Marathon. The M-day has nearly arrived and tonight...

A few weeks ago I was invited to a friends' dinner party, so I offered to bring a cake. I really felt like making a jam tart, "crostata" as we call it in Italian. I searched my favourite food blogs and found a simple recipe on Smitten Kitchen. I bought...

Welcome back to my "Food for Runners" series! I decided to start the series because my fiancé is going to run the Rome Marathon in March and asked me for light but nutritious meals to support his training schedule. The recipes are healthy and easy to...

When my friends invited me to a Christmas party last weekend, my first thought was "which dessert should I make?"! I really wanted to make gingerbread cookies, I mean just look at how cute these are!! But I am not a huge fan of ginger and assumed my Italian...