I started this blog over thirteen years ago, and for several years, it served as my way of sharing my recipes, life, and passions with all of you. Over time, Instagram became the primary medium for sharing and communication, making it feel a bit dated to continue this blog.

So, I decided to close it down while we figured out the next steps in our busy lives. Many of you have reached out to me when planning feasts at home, asking for recipes you remember from the blog—often dishes you have fallen in love with but can no longer recall how to make. Others have expressed frustration at not being able to find all the information about our workshops in one place.

I’m excited to announce that we are reopening access to the blog temporarily! I hope you will enjoy reconnecting with your favorite recipes and stories. Looking through all the content feels like walking down memory lane for me. It seems like a long time ago; the kids are much bigger now, and we have moved to Italy. However, our lives, while different, remain centered around family meals.

This year, despite a busy schedule, I will finally launch a more modern and accessible website with information about books, workshops, and upcoming collaborations. Stay tuned! In the meantime we are adding some practical information on this site, there’s quite a bit of updating to do, but by the end of the week, it will be in top shape.

The most exciting news this year is my new cookbook, which will be published in the fall by my longtime collaborators, Clarkson Potter in New York. It’s a wonderful project, and we have decided to title the book ‘A Kitchen in Italy’. I’m sharing about a hundred of my favorite Italian family recipes—lots of comfort food, easy-to-make, and always seasonal dishes based on good produce and simple techniques.

We photographed most of the book in our new kitchen in Italy, which is reminiscent of our country kitchen in the Médoc peninsula of France. It’s all about feeding the people we love and sharing our passion for food. We even brought back our old kitchen table from the country house—oh, if that table could talk!

Love, Mimi x

Photos by Oddur Thorisson