My first blog

Hi there!
And welcome to my kitchen!
The idea of keeping a blog came to me, because I wanted to do something to keep me busy and distract me from the worry of being unemployed. It was taking me ages to try and reshape my career, and not much luck...
So, with lots of time in my hands, why not start a culinary diary?
My friends and flatmates over the years have always told me that I am a very good cook.
However, I have never been very good at keeping a tidy recipes book. Everything is in my head or scribbled on flying pieces of paper. So why not create this online recipe book, that I can share with other people? This blog is dedicated to all my friend who every now and then ask me for recipes of something that I have cooked for them, and to all those who might want to get inspired into cooking something they have never tried before.
I am Italian, so most of what I cook is Italian style, but I also like to experiment with other cuisines.
I will write about homemade everyday food, simple things, or some fancier dishes for special occasions. It's my mum's cooking, that I have learned by observing her or calling her during these years of living abroad and asking her: How do I do this? I also learned by just trying, improvising, tring to guess how something is made just using common sense...and love.
This is the secret ingredient to any recipe. Make it with love!