Sfogliatine alla marmellata

Recipe proposed by Stefania blog Spadellamus

L’oro rosso della cucina

Colore rosso, gusto deciso, aroma intenso: lo zafferano è considerato il re delle spezie. I fiori vengono raccolti all'alba quando sono ancora chiusi e subito vengono prelevati gli stimmi, un’operazione estremamente delicata che richiede grande cura e manualità, per evitare di spezzare i preziosi filamenti.

Biscotti all'amarena

Recipe proposed by Mario blog cucinare è come amare

Arnica: the plant of the gods

Vulgarly called "china of the poor" or "mountain tobacco", from the use of its dried leaves to produce cheap snuff or pipe tobacco, the beneficial properties of this plant for a long time were appreciated only by mountain populations who considered it the remedy par excellence for traumas and fractures.

Peanuts and their secrets

Elvis Presley was fond of peanuts and the same was the Disney Goofy, who ate it to turn into Super Goof: technically they belong to the group of Fabaceae (or legminose) so, unlike what everyone thinks, they are not nuts or oilseeds, but cousins of foods such as beans, lentils, chickpeas and soybeans