ROSA MATTO WRITES

Food. Life. Travel.

I like to describe myself as a teacher first, chef second. My career as cookery teacher, caterer and writer spans three long, eventful decades. One day, I will write a tell all memoir! I will name names. My great love is to invite people to my rather chaotic kitchen table and plie them with simple food, litres of wine and regale them with tales – some true, some ‘embellished.’ But now, I’ve reached the point in my life when my family and friends have heard my stories, jokes and travel tips so many times that their eyes glaze over as soon as I open my mouth. My other obsession is to travel with groups of like minded people, so my stories and recipes originate from many destinations, from home and abroad.

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Cin Cin!

As an alternative to baking (and, therefore, eating) lots of carbohydrates in this time of self isolation, I have decided to make alcoholic drinks. What could possibly go wrong? The first is a simple flavouring for wine. My father, Alberico, used to make it at the end of summer. Every so often during the hazy days of autumn, when the evenings were languid and balmy, we would sit on the balcony at our house in Prospect. My father would smile his conspiratorial smile and disapp