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It's funny how life can suddenly change. School runs. Meetups with Miss C's preschool classmates and their mums at the local playground. Walks to Parco Ruffini to lose the pregnancy weight and to put the younger Miss C, now a bouncing baby of 10 1/2 months to sleep. Metro rides to after school dance lessons. Coffee and lunch dates with friends. Dinners at local restaurants. Appointments at the hairdresser and beauty salon. Weekends away in the countryside. Commutes on public transport to get to work on the other side of the city. Food shopping at the market in Corso Brunelleschi. Dry goods shopping in the neighbourhood supermarkets. Enjoying a morning cappuccino, brioche and pleasant chit chat with the owners at my local cafe-patisserie. Exchanging recipe notes with my macellaio di fiducia or 'trusted butcher'. It all seems like a distance memory now.
In today's post, my first in over a year, I reflect on a month of lockdown in Italy and the silver lining to life as we know it suddenly coming to a halt. There's also a recipe for a rich Neapolitan Easter bread.
Wishing you all a safe and healthy Easter at home with your loved ones.
Rosemarie
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