In English
Hi, I’m Rossella, the foodblogger, the soul behind Ma che ti sei mangiato.
What does it mean Ma che ti sei mangiato? It could be translated as What have you eaten? It tries to express my surprise in front of the ability of my guineapig to eat almost everything, everything that I cook 
Guineapig? Who is he? Simple, he is my boyfriend. I named him usually as guineapig here on the blog. You can see each of us while we were in Ghent (Belgium) for a bike and beer holiday.
How does it born? I’m talking of the blog. I started it in december 2008 after some pressure from friend, guineapig and sister (Fiorella). At the beginning, i hadn’t any ambition to become a blogger. Now I just want to be a good blogger, learning more how to cook and how to communicate effectively my passion.
Why a(nother) foodblog? I desider to collect the recipe that I test. Recipe after recipe, I’ve learn something and discover new food-related topic that now I share in the blog.
Food-related topics? Such as dinner with friends, favourite restaurants, history of food, hot issues about food and cooking.
Why this In English page?
To collect all the link referring to my post written in English. I sometimes post even in English, my English. Being Italian, my English competencies are growning day by day thanks to years of study, years of English reading, other blogs, and time plus patience. I promise to update that list day after day, better post after post.
Starting from the most recent:
Interview to Ian Marchant author of a really entartaining and informative book around beer and UK: The longest crawl. To know better who drinks beer and why
I learned a lot about cider, beer, gin, whisky and their history. And you?
Fall salad, an easy idea with arugula, figs and ….read all. What a better day than use in season ingredients on your table? That’s the philosophy behind the Fall Fest supported by A way to gardem.
Cjalsons? Do you know them? Till the 2nd of November a blog event in underway. I want you to know that regional typical pasta. It’s a sort of ravioli or pierogi. Many recipies and many bloggers are involved.ù
Summer Fest. A way to garden launched that initiative 3 years ago. And now it’s time of pepper. I propose a recipe with red pepper and cuttlefish…easy, Sicilian, and gorgeous. Do you like it?
Pierogi, what else? Thanks to Daring Kitchen even an Italian learnt how in the word don’t exist just ravioli. I adored that challenge, it helped me to discover a dish from Poland and to ask about it to a really good friend. I love cook and learn new things.
Castelluccio di Norcia – I love that place, for me it’s magical as well as Niagara Falls. The two amazing natural beatius really compete. Castelluccio is a treasure hidden in Umbria, closed to Norcia. It’s located in Sibillini Mountains. It’s Plateau has a long store of real life to tell and teach
Donna Hay Pizza Bread – What a better opportunity to post in another language that a blog contest as the Hay Hay Donna Day?! Donna Hay glory is arrived till in Italy: great pics, great recipe, great enthusiasm. I’ve felt the need to test my abilities with her recipes and other more renowed foodbloggers.
Kitchen Bootcamp: A salad - Another contest, another recipe this time Spiced Eggplants. The topic was simple: salad. Why not think to a unusual vegetable at my home for salad. I read Bon Appetit and I decided to test one of its recipes, adapting it to my spices.
Peaccino for HHDD – but what’s a Peaccino? Just mine adaptation of a Donna Hay’s soup. When I was in Canada, in 2009, I realized how diffuse is there Frapuccino. For me it’s just a sort of cold capuccino or coffee. Here I tried to make a frapuccino out of a pea soups.
An indian summer – Let’s look to other cooking style, starting with a blog interview to The Art of Cooking Indian Food
Vegan friends at dinner – How to adapt your cooking style to vegan friends according to Valeria from Canada
Hosting a post-vacation dinner - What a better source of ideas of Winos And Foodies
Daring Bakers – Just once in the past I took part to the challenging Daring Bakers with the Perfect Party Cake
Menu for Hope – I partecipate to it for 2 years now. Here the 2009 post
A special thanks to …Canada - After 3 months in Canada, I had to say thank you to that country
Parmesan Risotto – A great Italian recipe to share with SITs Girls
Tiramisù – Another classic Italian recipe. You must try it, with or without Donna Hay
Potatoes in the pot - A regional recipe from Italy, an Italian-English speaking post
Taste and Create : June 2008 – I adore that blog contests, learn how to do Chicken with mushroom in marsala sauce, as I did
Risotto with melon – A great and unusual idea to use rice and melon for lunch
The Heart of the Matter - Farro and Barley salad, great for summer days
Strawberries in English – A collection of 3 gorgeous recipes based on strawberries
An apple a day – The first contests I organized.
Wine experiences from Friuli - Let’s discover white wines from Friuli (Italy)
Please, feel free to comments and critique …my English is evolving constantly as well as my cooking abilities
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I came across your blog via Bleeding esspreso, i enjoyed it very much, so I will be coming back.
Thanks for your sweet comment on my photo from Sunday Creative. My tip for taking great photos is to take a lot of photos! I recently did a shoot with my daughter and her friends and I took over 150 pictures. I kept around 90 on my hard drive and edited 55. I use Picnik for my editing purposes. My other tip is to get close or look at something from a different angle. Please visit again
Hi Rossella,
Thanks for commenting on Thirsty Thursday. I began the event in order to practice taking photos of beverages. There aren’t any real rules, except posting on a Thursday. I sometimes can’t post every Thursday due to traveling, etc. If you would like to join in, send me an email. Would love to see your beverages-they don’t have to be alcoholic-can be smoothies, hot and cold drinks-anything mostly liquid that can be drunk.
@Lynne I’ve just written you an email. I can’t wait to take part in Thirsty Thursday.
Rossella,
Thank you for the very kind comments about my ravioli on my little blog – Food by you. It would be an understatement to say I blushed when I visited your blog and found you’re from Roma. For a simple guy from Canada, making pasta, I’m humbled that you liked the recipe.
My wife and I love preparing Italian style meals. I love making my own pastas and risotto. We have many wonderful Italian grocery stores where we buy, I hope, the right ingredients.
Thank you for translating your blog to English. I will follow your updates. And perhaps I will try to learn Italian.
Phil
your cjalsons event. please explain it to me. I have found many recipes but Im trying to find the recipes most true to history. if possible I would also love to have the recipes from the vecchia e nuova cucina di carnia.