The messy but bright operation of filtering lemon peel infused alcohol and sugar syrup mix also known as limoncello 🍋🍋🍋 14 lemons yielded 4 liters of limoncello at 10 euros a liter (bottle and alcohol cost breaking the bank) and we are ready to face 2021 post-dinner ponderings. That is of course priceless. Essential to success was sipping previous year’s limoncello made by my mother in law while watching drops drip. 
“We're surfing in the air, We're swimming in the frozen sky, We're drifting over icy Mountains floating by.” From Walking in the air by Howard Blake in The snowman by Raymond Briggs. Thinking of this sweet and sad story (and animation film) today as we get so much snow in Milan and start making fleeting frosty friendships. 
Merry Christmas to you and yours. Here is to a brand new year of gelatin appetizers, pink bubbles and mayo based salads. The rest is out of our control. 🥂🍾✨ 
When you can’t travel around the world the best alternative is to get a box of wine from around the world. Courtesy of the husband and delivered by @tannico.it time to ‘study’ geography cin cin 🍷 🍷 photo 2 French goodies from Alberto because we miss the most les cornichon et al. 
✨Food in Art course of Le Cordon Bleu is starting soon, on January 18. We will visit great artworks, like this one by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (and film and books and much more) to make connections between art and how people cooked, ate and saw food. It can be a great present for the food and art lover in your life, including yourself. Check out the program. Link in bio. DM me for any questions. ✨ @lecordonbleuonline 
When your lemon tree gives you 14 lemons...forget about lemonade, collect, wash, dry, peel, put the zest in alcohol for limoncello, discard pits and albedo, cook juice and flesh into a jam. Thank your tree 🙏🌿💚🍋 
✨✨ Sunday December 20th 7pm CET - 9pm Turkey time INSTAGRAM LIVE hosted from @chef_sibelpinto * Join me and my dear friend Sibel in her series KITCHENS & RECIPES from around the world 🌎 🍜 We'll talk about mustard, show you how to prepare a delicious mustard soup and talk about writing, workshops, food walks and much more. I am very excited to be the guest of Sibel. 🍽 Follow Sibel and join us @chef_sibelpinto 🍽 Chef Sibel Pinto is the founder of Action Kashkarikas Wasteless Kitchen Mission @kashkarikas culinary instructor, specialist of the Sephardic and Turkish cuisines, sustainability education trainer, anti-food waste consultant, lecturer, Gourmand Cookbooks Award winning author of 'The Evolution of Sephardic Cuisine in Turkey' 🍽 #instagramlive #cookalong #cookingdemo #Italy #Verona #Paris #mustard #sibelpinto #mustardrecipes #hardal #hardallitarifler #foodwriter #kitchensandrecipes #foodaroundtheworld #demetguzey #foodculture #hardalcorbasi #mustardsoup #cream #krema #leek #pirasa 
From Roman Saturnalia festival to Lord of Misrule to Christmas turkey, I wrote about the art of the Christmas feast for @finedininglovers In the absence of social merrymaking and misrule food remains our only revelry this year. Which foods will be illuminating your Christmas table? Link in bio 
My spicy sweet savory grainy smooth pungent award-winning Mustard book is on sale on bookdepository.com (24% off!) It’s only 11,31 euros and they ship worldwide for free. Get it for the mustard lover in your life.