Dear readers, it’s November: Happy Birthday to Apriti Sedano!

Our newsletter is now two years old (and counting) and we are very proud of it. It’s true that it requires a lot of work to fit it with our working schedules yet, we like to share our experiences, both culinary and otherwise, by publishing it every month. And we’re still enjoying it!

Welcome to Open Celery! our monthly newsletter. A four-handed gourmet adventure dedicated to Plant-Based Recipes, Cooking Insights, and Stories… Made in Italy! 🇮🇹 
Open Celery! is the fruit (veggie and dessert) of the collaboration between Simona (Personal Chef) and Orsola (Gourmet Traveler+)… Published in Italian (as Apriti Sedano!) and English, here’s happily edited and translated by Orsola (aka ockstyle) 😀

Per la versione italiana, cliccate qui 👉Apriti Sedano! Newsletter

To celebrate these two years, we thought we would ideally share a birthday cake with you. An easy one, our Chef isn’t a fan of complicated things. And don’t worry, it’s a “naked” version, so you won’t have the stress of frosting it. 

Perhaps we could pair it with some lovely fig jam from her dad’s tree? What do you say, shall we make it? Ok, coming soon 🎂

In this issue of Apriti Sedano!

• Our Traveling Chef Simona returns to mainland Italy with a stop in Liguria and Tuscany.
• Orsola, la Gourmet Traveler+, continues to pack for her next move, while preparing for her fall-winter trip to New York City.
• The books we are reading, and
• our recipes’ corner offering tasty-n-light suggestions.

In the meantime, take a look at the two previous November’s issue of Open Celery! and some OttimoBlog’s recipes form the archive. 

1. 2023 – It’s about 5 minutes recipes… Really? How many times have you heard “this recipe is very quick, your lunch ready in 5 minutes!, here’s the recipe for those who don’t have time to cook”… and so on?
   • Ready in 5+ minutes: The Ultimate Veggie Mayo: La Majonesa a vegan and gluten-free version, plus an oil-free plant-based alternative. Lots to be happy about!
   • A thirst-quenching, refreshing and, somehow, restorative – especially in its Virgin form – the Bloody Mary, Virgin or Not, is a Great Cocktail
2. 2024 – Happy Birthday ‘Apriti Sedano!’ Newsletter. We’ve reached a major milestone, a solar return closing a cycle and marking one year since its launch. Excellent reason to celebrate 🥂
   • And cheers to our Beer-Battered Celeriac Scaloppine [sca-lop-pì-næ] (escalopes)…

For more stories and unsolicited advice, keep reading!

ockstyle

I’m an Italian gluten-free Gourmet Traveler+ and a passionate storyteller, writing in English and Italian. Fluently speaking (eating and dreaming) in Italian, English, French, and Russian. When I’m not writing, I cook and test recipes for special diets, and photograph (also on film). Not necessarily in that order. — / — Sono una viaggiatrice buongustaia (la Gourmet Traveler+) senza glutine, appassionata narratrice di storie. Scrivo in italiano e inglese, parlo (mangio e sogno) fluentemente in italiano, inglese, francese e russo. Quando non scrivo, cucino, testo ricette dolci e salate per diete speciali, fotografo (anche in pellicola). Non necessariamente in quest’ordine.