General cooking
- There’s almost too much here, but it’s essential when you’re stuck for inspiration, and includes an admirable section on seasonal food http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/
- Loads and loads of useful stuff, from an absurdly comprehensive list of Italian cheeses to roasting times, and everything in between http://www.cookipedia.co.uk/recipes_wiki/Welcome_to_Cookipedia
Conversions, for those still resisting the metric system
- http://allrecipes.co.uk/how-to/44/cooking-conversions.aspx
- http://www.schwartz.co.uk/cooks-guide/cooks-notes-and-measures.aspx
- http://www.helpwithcooking.com/metric-conversions.html
Some of my favourite food blogs
- OK, not really a blog as such, or if it is, it’s in an unreachable class of its own. But if there’s anyone who understands Italian food better than a fair few Italians, it’s Jamie. www.jamieoliver.com
- What Katie Ate. Great food, great photography. http://www.whatkatieate.com
- Clean graphics, focused writing, fantastic recipes. http://www.deliciousdays.com
- A classic, frequently updated blog, with pictures that make you want to cook, and eat. http://smittenkitchen.com
- Like me, an emigré, but this time “d’oltralpe” (“from the other side of the Alps”, as the Italians say), the creator of my favourite homemade apricot jam recipe. And that, as my daughter will tell you, licking the jar clean, is reason enough to honour him. www.davidlebowitz.com
Sicilian food
- http://www.ricettesiciliane.net (in Italian)
- http://www.ricettesiciliane.com (in Italian)
- Ricette di Sicilia (mainly in Italian, with the occasional recipe in English) http://www.ricettedisicilia.net/it
Wine
- Wonderful photography and a great way to discover Italy’s independent growers www.winestories.it
- A refreshingly irreverant antidote to wine snobbery http://sedimentblog.blogspot.it/
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