Cook In, Eat Out.

Eating outdoors may be one of the coolest things you can do in the summer! We think it’s even better if you can do it at your own house.

Recently our good friends Matteo and Giulia stopped by and we quickly decided to put together our lunch with some leftovers from the previous days: above, croutons with fresh tomatoes, mozzarella and basel leaves.

These are whole wheat spaghetti, topped with zucchini and mint patè and served with cherry tomatoes. On the other side our first part of the dessert: peaches poached in very very local Cabernet Sauvignon from our friend Marina.

Below, something you must try before you die: Baci (“kisses”) from Il Gelatiere, a gourmet ice cream shop in Udine, our town. They are basically frozen ice cream cupcakes, coated in white chocolate (but actually tinted in different colors). A slice of heaven.

I really love your peaches, wanna shake your tree.

Less is more. And it has never been more true when it comes to cooking. This is (simply) bread and homemade peach marmalade: it was made with fruit growing in our own backyard! From a tree that has been there for over ten years - and some sugar.

What's cool about this variety of peach is that they look like regular peaches, but they kinda taste like nectarines, turning into a perfect mix of sweet and sour.

Bitter Sweet Sweet Sweet.

These things are just as good as they appear. We weren't even hungry because, for the second day in a row, our area is a having crazy warm and humid climate, 40°C (about 100 degrees Fahrenheit). The heat prevented us to really cook but not to run to the store and buy some bread, thin sliced bacon, nectarines and grapes. The result is what our hands were able to put together with some help from a fan, strategically placed in front of us.