November 26, 2013
Our Favourite Italian Food Stores
Do let us know of ones in other areas in the UK and the world, we would love to add...
News & Recipes
Latest news, views and recipes from Giancarlo & Katie Caldesi
October 2, 2013
Stubborn Green Tomatoes
Use them up in this wonderful Indian chutney called Tomato Kasundi taken from our latest cookbook of recipes called The...
September 30, 2013
Drying tomato seeds for next year’s crop
Tuscan smallholder Nello Ceccuzzi hates shops. In fact he never really goes to one as he is 80% self-sufficient. He...
July 1, 2013
The places and people we love in Amalfi
Earlier in the year we returned to Amalfi to take copies of our new book as gifts to the many...
May 13, 2013
Our Favourite Fresh Pasta Recipe…
In our current Caldesi newspaper we’ve printed the recipe for the filling for our lemon, mint and ricotta ravioli recipe...
August 6, 2012
The garden's full of chard
I have a surprising bounty of ripe and ready rainbow chard in my garden at the moment and so keep...
February 15, 2012
The Rise of the Real Bread Movement
The Real Bread Campaign is helping to bring Real Bread back to the hearts of our local communities. It’s all about...
December 1, 2011
Talking Turkey
It was a wet and dusky afternoon in October when I decided it was time to visit Sarah Copas at...
November 4, 2011
Paola Rocchi at Caldesi in Campagna for Frescobaldi Fortnight
On Monday an Italian chef by the name of Paola Rocchi arrived at our house all the way from sunny...
September 29, 2011
Cooking with honey – our evening with the Chalfont Beekeeping Society
We had a great meeting on Tuesday 27th September with our local beekeepers as we are hoping to become hive...
August 3, 2011
Discover the Origin Campaign
Katie was also busy this weekend with the Discover the Origin Campaign which has been a three year campaign promoting...
August 3, 2011
A hot and sunny weekend in July
Giancarlo had a great time with Birra Moretti in London this week making pizza in ten minutes with hundreds of...
July 12, 2011
A busy weekend in July
Giancarlo and I had great fun at Westfield over the weekend, sadly not shopping but demonstrating how to make fresh...
May 27, 2011
Our fight for the fish in our seas – our journey into sustainability
The world’s ocean larder is under threat and campaigns like Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall’s ‘Fish Fight’ and now Project Ocean at Selfridges...
April 6, 2011
Giancarlo’s BBC Breakfast with extra salt
We we’re up pretty early in the Caldesi household last Saturday when my husband Giancarlo was asked to go into...
December 22, 2010
Beautiful Venice
I have just come back from Venice where we had the scariest white knuckle ride in a water taxi to...
October 27, 2010
Glorious Game Season
It’s the game season and if the mention of ‘game’ conjures up images of the upper classes decked in tweed...
August 22, 2010
Man and Fire by Katie Caldesi
[caption id="attachment_863" align="alignnone" width="300"] Marinated pollack with fennel on the grill[/caption] There is no doubt barbecuing seems to bring out the...
July 22, 2010
Little Italy
I wrote this piece a while ago after a visit to New York but redid the recipe just recently and...
June 7, 2010
Giancarlo and Katie at Foodie Festival at Hampton Court
Watch us make stuffed courgette flowers with fresh tomato sauce at the Foodie Festival in Hampton Court...
May 19, 2010
Nettle Gnocchi
A lovely sunny day, two children to amuse who love cooking and lunch to get for a visiting family. I...
April 19, 2010
Sea Bream with Fennel Seeds and Brandy
With winter safely behind us, my thoughts are turning to summer cooking and entertaining. Having ignored my garden for months...
