Breakfast …. an Easter discussion ….. and the promise of sun

Now Varese is warming up .

The Easter display, 2022

Yesterday the sun shone and while there was the threat of rain in the afternoon, the temperature hovered around 19˚ and there is the promise that by Easter it will be in the mid-20s.

But then that is what you can expect of this city, which is north of Milan, surrounded by lakes and close to the Swiss border.

Every Easter holiday we have headed south from Manchester, taken in a few cold days and then basked in the sun which is warm enough to take in a bit of sunbathing and visit the local gelateria for an ice cream.

And that same sun makes you want to get out early and take in breakfast at La Cucina di Altamura at the top of the road. *

 La Cucina di Altamura, 2017

It has a prime location facing the main road and just a minute’s walk from the local church, making it a perfect spot for a treat after the service, or an espresso before catching the bus into the city centre.  

I can’t be sure when it opened but it was well established by 2017 and is a regular haunt for the family.

There was some discussion about whether to buy a little something for Easter, but then Rosa cooks a shedload of traditional festive food and so the discussion drifted onto what we would being eating.**

Rosa's festive food, 2019

But here there will be a departure from normal because this year we will be back in Manchester for Easter with Rosa cooking all the traditional Italian food and serving it in Chorlton.

I am guessing the sun will not be as kind but the food will be as excellent as ever.

Location; Varese

Pictures; La Cucina Di Altamura, 2022, from the collection of Balzano and in 2017 from the collection of Andrew Simpson

* La Cucina di Altamura,  Via Pietro Giannone, 2, 21100 Varese VA, Italy http://www.lacucinadialtamura.it/

** A little bit of Italy this Easter ....... Neopolitan pastries and Colomba, https://chorltonhistory.blogspot.com/2015/04/a-little-bit-of-italy-this-easter.html