Simple is beautiful.

It was about the time for a second recipe, my imaginary readers, so there it is! Although my mom made it lots of times, this is a recipe typical of the South of Italy (namely Calabria or Sicilia). It's extremely simple and quick. I use to cook this at night when I don't wanna cook.

Pasta "garlic, oil and pepper"

Ingredients: pasta (1/2 lb, spaghetti is preferred), oil (5 tbsp), garlic (1-2 cloves) and hot pepper (whole peppers would be better, but also grounded will work). Optional: cherry tomatoes (a few).

Preparation: while the pasta is cooking, put the garlic and the pepper with the oil in a pan. If you have the small peppers, put 2-3 in the pan; if you have the big ones, 1 is enough; while if you are using the powder...well, use your fucking intuition man! If you want to add cherry tomatoes, cut them in 4 and put them in the pan together with the garlic and the pepper. When the garlic browns a bit, turn off the stove. When the pasta is cooked, strain it and put the sauce you prepared on top of it and serve. You might also add some fresh basil to make it more appealing.

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Blog restyling

First of all, I apologize with my old readers (if any), but I didn't like my blog anymore and I needed to start up anew.

Although this new blog is gonna focus on everything that I feel worth it to tell, I will use it mostly to share with all the zero of you, my readers, the recipes that made me famous all over my apartment.

And since I don't want to close my first post leaving you without a gift, I will reveal the first recipe I've ever learned. Don't sag if your first attempt is not satisfactory. It took me years of study to get to the nirvana.

Fried eggs

Ingredients: salt, butter, a number of eggs consistent with the width of your frying pan and your appetite. Experience will teach you.

Preparation: there are many different schools of thought about how to prepare fried eggs. Imho, the best is the old Iberian school way, which is the following. Put a bit of butter in the pan to baste it; when the butter is melt, put the eggs in the pan without breaking the yolk. Add a sprinkle of salt. You can also add some cheese or some spices that you like on top of it. When the edges turn a bit brown, the eggs are ready.

I swear, this is a picture of mine...