Behind the scene...

VIVA le DONNE!

A few years ago, I was in Italy with few fabulous friends, we were walking along a very quiet road to go for dinner, when an elderly Italian man le...

Mutande Rosse!

What a year it’s been! Looking back, I feel incredibly lucky for everything I’ve achieved. The highlight? It has to be opening my gorgeous new Solo...

Solo Mia’s Big Move

We’ve officially moved! Solo Mia now calls The Tractor Shed at Pitt Hall Farm home and what an incredible transformation it’s been. To me, this spa...

7 YEARS of Solo Mia

At the last fashion show I was interviewed by the lovely Kate Llewellyn from http://www.thecontentconsultancy.com/ And this is what we chatted ab...

Tagliatelle ai funghi

The key for this recipe is “funghi porcini “ I am lucky enough that my dad picks them and I always come home from Italy with a little bag of dried...

La Bella Vita

As you might know I’m Italian and when I go to Italy for work I always try to visit my family. They lives north of Italy. However I was born and gr...

Pasta & Vongole

Pasta & Vongole (Spaghetti with Clams)This is my bestie favourite dish! She’s discovered that you can get frozen clams from Morrisons so when s...

Risotto con la zucca

Nice and easy mid week meal Risotto rice (don’t be deceived, you don’t need as much as you think. I always cook too much !) Pancetta Gorgonzola Par...

Pasta & Pesto

This is totally cheating cooking!!But sometimes it has to be done and it’s all about the presentation…It’s not very hard to make fresh pesto but I ...

Genovese

Despite the name (from Genoa) this recipe comes from Naples! It’s a lovely onions 🧅 stew , very easy to make (especially if you use a slow cooker)B...

COTOLETTE

Another Italian mid-week dish idea for you … Breast chicken, sliced and breaded (I add all my spices to the eggs . Herbs, salt and pepper) sha...

CALZONE Pizza

Here is a great Friday night meal that my kids love! Essentially a calzone is a folded pizza that looks like an Italian Cornish pasty I mak...