The Dolce Vita Diaries. Cathy Rogers

      To Grandfather Jack, who sadly never did see the grove

      Table of Contents

       Cover Page

       Title Page

       Dedication

1 The seeds are sown

Olive oil tasting

Infusing olive oil

Lemon ravioli with sage butter

2 Dipping our toes in the Dolce Vita

Orecchiette pasta with cauliflower

Pan-fried trout with polenta crust and almonds

Orange, almond and caraway seed cake

Strozzapreti

Maccheroni di Campofilone

Aubergine involtini with sapa sauce

3 Somewhere to call home

Preserving lemons

Hollywood pasta

4 Los Angeles...London...Loro Piceno

5 Leading double lives

       Roasted butternut squash risotto with home-made pesto

       Cannellini humus with parsley

       Cannellini humus with lemon and basil

       Plum, peach and almond cake

       6 Buon viaggio

       Pear, parmesan and rocket risotto

       Oven-roasted tomatoes

       Marinated aubergines

       7 Puttingdown roots

       Lentils from Castelluccio

       Panzanella

       Fusilli with courgette and saffron

       8 It’ll be so good when...

       Sliced steak on a bed of rocket and tomatoes

       Tagliatelle with porcini mushrooms

       Grilled lamb

       Oily chicory

       9 Liquid gold

       Silvano and his sacred sapa

       Polenta with sapa

       Sapa and pecorino

       Sapa with ice cream

       Sapa with strawberries

       Onion and sapa tart

       Penne all’arrabbiata

       10 Learning to be Italian

       The Loro Piceno Shield

       Twice-cooked biscuits

       11 The ‘other’ press machine

       Fat chips shallow fried in olive oil

       Battered feta cheese

       Real ketchup with Italian tomatoes

       Artichoke and pea bruschetta

       12 Jingle bells

       Halloumi stir-fried with harissa

       Taverna Loro

       Focaccia