Firstly thank you for visiting my blog and welcome to my culinary world of Maltese, Italian food and possibly other countries too. I am originally from Malta and now live in the UK. Food in Malta as with many Mediterranean countries is highly important and it brings family and friends together on a daily basis. In my family this was and still is no exception. Which brings me to the topic of who is Rita? Rita was my beloved grandma or in Maltese ‘nanna’, who was forever in the kitchen and glued to her cooker, baking, cooking and feeding our very large family. I spent most of my summers at my grandparents house, so from a very young age I was my ‘nanna’s’ faithful assistant. I was also her most fervent fan. While ‘Nanna Rita’ was either cooking or tending to her plants or chickens, ‘nannu salvu’ was busy cultivating the produce, that grandma cooked.
My mother and her sisters, carry this tradition to this day and feed a large number of family members daily. As I live with just my husband in the UK I had to find an alternative eager audience.
I get asked regularly to share recipes, with friends and my dinner parties are the talk of the village we now call home. My blog was a natural progression, and therefore have decided to share some of my traditional family recipes with a modern personal twist , as well cooking tips, tools, recipes I come up with from time to time or amazing recipes I might come across.
Hey Gail. Brilliant idea! I can personally vouch for Nanna Rita's 'magic'in the kitchen as I am one of the priveleged persons to have tasted her delicious food (every Tuesday!). She did not have the state of the art technology in the kitchen - that all of us possess today - but the food that she managed to produce still mesmerises me whenever I remember of those times! Obviously, the meal (or lunch) was made more pleasant, compliments to the political conversations with Nannu Salvu. Is it OK to upload some recipies that I have tried and liked? Even tough my parties do not attract the magnitude of compliments that yours get, I have a few tasty ones!! I will definately be checking your blog regularly for inspiration!! A big well done and keep it up.
Firstly thank you for visiting my blog and welcome to my culinary world of Maltese, Italian food and possibly other countries too.
ReplyDeleteI am originally from Malta and now live in the UK. Food in Malta as with many Mediterranean countries is highly important and it brings family and friends together on a daily basis. In my family this was and still is no exception.
Which brings me to the topic of who is Rita? Rita was my beloved grandma or in Maltese ‘nanna’, who was forever in the kitchen and glued to her cooker, baking, cooking and feeding our very large family. I spent most of my summers at my grandparents house, so from a very young age I was my ‘nanna’s’ faithful assistant. I was also her most fervent fan. While ‘Nanna Rita’ was either cooking or tending to her plants or chickens, ‘nannu salvu’ was busy cultivating the produce, that grandma cooked.
My mother and her sisters, carry this tradition to this day and feed a large
number of family members daily. As I live with just my husband in the UK I had
to find an alternative eager audience.
I get asked regularly to share recipes, with friends and my dinner parties are
the talk of the village we now call home. My blog was a natural progression,
and therefore have decided to share some of my traditional family recipes with
a modern personal twist , as well cooking tips, tools, recipes I come up with from time to time or amazing recipes I might come across.
Hey Gail,
ReplyDeleteNice to see you sharing your loved memories and honour to become a chance to it.
xxx, neha
Hey Gail. Brilliant idea! I can personally vouch for Nanna Rita's 'magic'in the kitchen as I am one of the priveleged persons to have tasted her delicious food (every Tuesday!). She did not have the state of the art technology in the kitchen - that all of us possess today - but the food that she managed to produce still mesmerises me whenever I remember of those times! Obviously, the meal (or lunch) was made more pleasant, compliments to the political conversations with Nannu Salvu.
ReplyDeleteIs it OK to upload some recipies that I have tried and liked? Even tough my parties do not attract the magnitude of compliments that yours get, I have a few tasty ones!!
I will definately be checking your blog regularly for inspiration!!
A big well done and keep it up.
Darren Sciberras