No-knead ciabatta

Saturday, Feb. 09. 2:30 pm. When I can't go to Italy, I make Italy come to me. This is Italian food at its best. Just a touch of olive oil and I'm in heaven.

Carnival donuts with jam

Thursday, Feb. 7. 6pm. I wasn't afraid to try the recipe, but to try my own first donut ever - yes. The Italian recipe looked beautiful and my "Bombe di Carnavale" taste fantastic. I just don't know what to do with all that used oil, I put it on the balcony for now.

Focaccia with onions

Monday, Feb. 04. 11:30 am. That was our Sunday lunch and supper. I wanted to make it little easier on myself, still bake something, but not a dessert so I would have had lunch covered as well. I like baking. It's a clean job, always smells good and you never know what's going to come out. Especially, when it comes to yeast recipes. There, you don't know if the dough is going to rise in the first place. But when it does...champagne for everybody!

Grissini

Sunday, Feb. 3. 10:30 am. Besides Italian cookies, I love Italian salty snacks. Now and then, I buy some here and always when in Italy.

Apples in pancakes

Thursday, Jan. 31. 12:30 pm. Hania has winter break, I happen to be on break all the time, and we love long, lazy, delicious breakfast. I still think that preparing anything more than pasta or sandwich before 5 pm can be as annoying as daytime television. Fortunately, my desire to eat something good usually wins over any noise...so I made apple pancakes, I mean...apples in pancakes.