High Fidelity :Top 5!

WARNING!!!! VERY VERY HOT GUYS!!

Have you ever made that silly game of the desert island?? Today I was chatting with a friend about hot guys (for me!) and hot chicks (for him!) to bring on a desert island. The rule is easy you have to pick 5 person you’d bring with you on a desert island forever;of course my friend picked all very hot babes quite dumb but very hot and as for me I had hard time to pick just five.I’ve my top 5 hot chart, the top 5 funny and hot, the top 5 smart and hot..etc etc quite hard to choose just 5!! I come to a compromise and my top 5 list of hottness to bring on a desert island would be:

MARLON BRANDO
CHRISTIAN BALE
KEIFER SUTHERLAND
BENICIO DEL TORO
JOAQUIN PHOENIX

Those are the 5 that I simply adore for everything, too hot, sexy smart ( I guess!!) funny , and that would be my top 5 forver..if only I didn’t know that on this earth you can have Gary Oldman, Eric Bana (but only in Troy!!) Kevin Bacon Keanu Reeves Johnny Depp Ethan Hawke River Phoenix and so many others. That’s reminds me the movie High Fidelity (love it!!) and Robert (John Cusak) that used to make chart for everything, I guess that we all make lists for so many things, ex boyfriends, movies, top 5 love songs, shops etc etc and what I find very funny is that once you’ve your list written down it’s like “done forever” and you can’t change it anymore!! Very weird my top hot 5 has changed so many times during the years ( I remember at high school I had Axl Rose on top!!) . My friend was “worried” because on his top 5 he has to choose the number 5 and he picked Jenna Jameson instead of Heidi Klum ..yeah as if Heidi could read your list and be pissed because you picked Jenna !! Btw Mr. Depp, Reeves, Bacon, etc etc that was only my top 5 all of you are in my top 10 so please don’t be pissed off !!
Who's on your top 5 list?

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Yellow Recipes

How is the weather in your country? Here is great very very very hot (too much these days) and I’m still in the city, one month from now I’ll be on holiday at my parents’ cottage can’t wait!! I’m very busy not at work but because I’m trying to move as soon as possible to south of Italy and so I’ve many things to do like job and house hunting that takes me more that 80% of my free time , I miss so much my daily blogs I really wish to fix things soon so I can come back soon to my “classic” life!! It’s a while that I don’t share my fav recipes with you , just 2 days ago I’ve tried another easy summer and yummy recipe from some friends , it’s a pizza with zucchini blossoms that are one of my fav veggie ever sweet and tasty!! Isn’t yellow such a beautiful color?? Love it and love to cook with yellow ingridients too, bright happy sunny , perfect for summer dishes.
Ok here’s the recipe , you need to make your fav focaccia or pizza base I make pizza or sometimes I buy ready “pizza bases” and then add my fav ingridients, here’s an easy “focaccia bread” recipe:

BASIC FOCACCIA
2 packages active dry yeast
1 3/4 cups warm water
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus 1/4 cup
5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for kneading
2 teaspoons fine (table) salt
1 to 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse sea salt for topping

In a large bowl, dissolve yeast in the warm water. Sprinkle with sugar. Let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes. Add 1/2 cup of the olive oil, the flour and the fine salt and stir with a wooden spoon until a rough ball forms. Using a plastic pastry scraper or wooden spoon, scrape the dough out onto a floured work surface. Knead the dough until smooth and elastic, 5 to 7 minutes.
Add up to 1/2 cup flour to the work surface while kneading to prevent the dough from sticking.
Form dough into a ball, transfer it to a lightly oiled bowl, and cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rise in a warm, draft-free spot until it doubles in bulk, 1 to 1- 1/2 hours. For a more flavorful bread, make dough up to this point, punch it down, cover the bowl with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Let the dough come to room temperature before shaping.
Pour the remaining 1/4 cup olive oil evenly into a half-sheet (11-by-17-inch) pan. Without punching it down, turn the dough out into the pan. Using your hands, press the dough evenly into the pan. If it is too elastic to spread without springing back, let it rest for 5 minutes. Cover the pan loosely with a dry kitchen towel. Let the dough rise in a warm, draft-free spot until it doubles in size, about 1 hour.
Position a rack in the lower third of the oven, and preheat to 450 degrees.
Dimple the dough by pressing your fingertips all the way into it at 1-inch intervals over the entire surface. Sprinkle it with the coarse salt.

Now it’s time to add your fav ingridients. I added fresh zucchini blossoms amd mozzarella, discard the pistils and rinse, then slice some mozzarella or other cheese that you prefer and place slices or dices on the focaccia base, pour some extra virgin olive oil and then add the blossoms, I don’t cut them but you can if you prefer, puor if you prefer some more extra virgin olice oil and if you like a little bit of black pepper.

Bake the focaccia until golden brown, 20 to 30 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool in the pan. Cut it into squares and serve warm or at room temperature.

You can add to ricotta cheese instead of mozzarella and the focaccia will be more delicate and soft, my mum’s recipe is with ricotta and anchovies and of course zucchini blossoms. Here0s mine but the pic is very bad taken with my mobile http://twitpic.com/b8cwd

Another quick recipe with zucchini blossoms is to make spaghetti:

Ingridients for 4 servings

350gr spaghetti pasta
20-30 zucchini blossoms (remove always the pistils)
2-3 zucchini (crougettes)
white onion
parmiggiano cheese (parmesan)
salt pepper
1 cup of white wine
extra virgin olive oil


In a frypan add the oil and the chopped onion let it cook until it golden then add the sliced zucchini and the wine and let it cook for 8-10 minutes or until the zucchini are gold and well cooked. Boil water for the pasta and cook it but drain it “al dente” then add the pasta in the pan with zucchini add other oil and add the blossom and stir it for 5 minutes add some pepper the parmiggiano and serve it.
There’s another recipe that is the same but you can add shrimps too..not for vegetarian of course!!

There are so many good recipes with zucchini blossoms, we used to stuff and fry them , lots of variations, do you have any other recipes to share using zucchini blossoms?!

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Almost Back..Winner & Twilight Giveaway Alert

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I'm finally back blogging, I've been away to make something for my future but I've no news yet..let's hope that this project will be ok, it's something that won't change my life but will make me very happy!! I'm still quite busy, but I'll do my best to follow and read everything from you. I'm very happy to announce the winner of the Atelier Nuage Giveaway, is N.26 Maya of Completely Coastal congrats!!!

Do you remember the chickdowntown.com BBDakota Twilight Jacket Giveaway???? Well you can win the jacket again!! It's very very easy, all you need to do is to follow Amy on Twitter here: twitter.com/chickdowntown DM her and tell why you want the jacket..100 days 100 jackets : AMAZING!!!!

Good luck..let me know if you're one of the lucky winner of the Twilight Jacket!! I've to run now billions of things to do..weekend is around the corner yeah!! Besos!!

Eco Hippie Camper

If I'll ever win the Italian "Superenalotto" Jackpot..€100 million one of the thing that I really would buy the next day is that beauty , the Verdier EcoCamper a new edition of the always cool Hippie Westfalia Camper. I want it!!! It's not very expensive but of course is something that you buy if you really have extra money or need it, I think it's about €90000 a little bit too much for me now!! It's the perfect re-style o the classic VW van and it's eco too, the van has solar panels and hybryd engine you can find more info here..I wonder if you can ask for another color??!! What would you buy with all those money?

I'll be away for a while, I'll be back soon I hope with good news :)) I need to give a huge THANK YOU to Gabby and Trishiekoh for sharing with me 2 awards, I'm going to share them with you in a new post this week..in the meanwhile Have a great Weekend and thank you again for the awards!!!

Winner & Bracelet Giveaway!!!!

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Congratulation to hanako66 @Through The Looking Glass.. you’re the winner of the Monya Giveaway @chickdowntown!! Enjoy your new clutch!!

For all of you I have another amazing giveaway, I’m very happy to introduce you my colleague Mariacristina’s handmade jewelry : Atelier Nuage.

“A colored bead, rope or cotton cord, some knots and lots of fantasy. This is how Atelier Nuage was born, an italian artisan boutique that handmade unique and special jewelry for every age and special occasion.
The artist, because we’re talking about small and unique art pieces, is Mariacristina, a 33 old girl that 7 years ago gaves vent to her creativity by using simple materials to make genuine art jewelry to wear.
Earring, bracelets, necklaces, broches and keyrings are 100% handmade with extreme care and accurancy. Atelier Nuage jewelry pieces are always new and stilysh and suits every personality , you can adapt them to your style so that every piece will be always different.
That’s why custom made jewelry are as much as important as current collections.
The quality value is great, you can have amazing and unique jewelry pieces that can pull off a simple outfit and be amazing every single day”

Here few pics of her works, belive me this is a very very small selection, she has tons of amazing pieces and it’s great to make your own custom items!!

Mariacristina would love to offer the opportunity to one of my readers to win one of those cute beaded bracelets. You can pick the color you prefer, and if you’re not lucky to be the winner you can contact Mariacristina here : ateliernuage@ymail.com and ask for more items or custom jewelry. I wear my custom earrings every day and love them so much, Mariacristina has a great sense of style and her creations are very feminine and super stylish!!

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The Giveaway is open to everybody, international readers too (cool!!) and it will end on the next 21st of July at 11.30 pm (Italy time)..GOOD LUCK!!