Andrew Simpson

Rosa in Naples 1961 This is one of my favourite pictures of Rosa. It was taken in Naples when she was just 21 during the summer of...

There are many different categories of poverty, from not having the means to heat the home, provide food for the family or secure a decent ...

It was after I gave up the fight to eradicate the dandelion from our garden that I remembered we were once served them in a salad in Greece...

Now I know it is stating the obvious that today's cook books will be tomorrow's little bit of history. After all to read an 18t...

So, yesterday Rosa made zeppole. It is a favourite and consists of butter, eggs, and flour which when mixed are put through a piping bag to ...

The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.* Parmigia...

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 tem...

The continuing story of the house Joe and Mary Ann Scott lived in for over 50 years and the families that have lived here since.* Baba and ...

Now if you are old enough to have listened to Educating Archie, sung along to Two Way Family Favorites and cowered behind the settee during ...

Now here is a bit of technology that takes me back over 65 years, and sits belong side the steel mincer, which you clamped to the side of th...

Rosa is back from Milan, and with us into mid October. And today she cooked Pasta e patate, which is a southern Italian dish and is just wh...

A celebration of the food from Naples, cooked by Rosa, who was born and grew up in the city. Location; Naples & Chorlton Picture; a plat...

A celebration of the food from Naples, cooked by Rosa, who was born and grew up in the city. Pasta e Fagioli is one of our favourites, and  ...

  A celebration of the food from Naples, cooked by Rosa, who was born and grew up in the city. Location; Naples & Chorlton Picture; pep...

A celebration of the food from Naples, cooked by Rosa, who was born and grew up in the city. Location; Naples & Chorlton Picture; Parmig...

So , I am bombarded with news coverage that the virus is on the run. But despite being an optimist I will hold judgement, and I doubt we wil...

Now yesterday was Peppers day, and Rosa excelled herself. My favourite is her pepper salad, which she cooks with olive oil, some garlic and ...

Now if I had a choice of Rosa’s cooking to eat it would be her native food from the south of Italy, that wonderful mix of fresh vegetables,...

Now, like so many families, Easter this year has been very different. Not only have we been unable to travel to see our kids in the r...

Ricotta cheese, eggs, sugar and candied peel  with a lattice of pastry, 2010 I won’t be alone in having several bookshelves filled with...