Most home cooking is over complicated and under seasoned. Mediterranean cooking is the opposite, and it is far easier to sustain.
The five
Salt early. Build a soffritto slowly. Finish with acid, lemon or vinegar. Add raw olive oil at the end, off the heat. Use fresh herbs in handfuls, not pinches.
Flavour is technique, not a longer shopping list.
Practise on one dish
Choose one simple dish and cook it weekly until you no longer need the recipe. That is how a kitchen changes.
With love, Serena















