Archive for February, 2011
Cooking class (well, a sort of… )
So today I want to suggest a way to cook artichokes. Our own are of the “spiny violet from Albenga” and are delicious.
So, I clean and finely cut artichokes (I don’t boil them, I used them raw). Then I sprinle them with lemon jiuce, so that they don’t become black, and put them in a disk. After seasoning using extra-virgin oil (it’s mandatory!) and salt I add some parmesan nuggets (all you like: although we’re ligurian, we aren’t frugal at all on these kind of things!). It’s an excellent addition to salmon!
Bell Tower and Bells
Finally restorers have started their work on the bell tower, and something good is making out .
That’s how it was and how it’s today.
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Placing the slate slabs was a real pain: four days of work, every single slab cut by hand! But now it’s a completely new thing!
Inside the bell tower we have the original bells installed by Father Angelico Bracco, who restored the Mill in the second half of the 19th century (his goal was to build a little convent). These bells were fused in Cenova (yes, beginning with C), a small village in the hinterland (click on the photo e you’ll be able to see yourself the original inscription).
We can say they are as old as Italy, because they were made a few years after the Reign of Italy was established.
