Chapter 29
The market square festival was only two days away, and the old town committee was busy erecting banners, flags and bunting and fairy lights, bringing life to the usually bare square. It was going to look amazing come Friday night.
Avoiding Matteo as much as I could was a priority. He hadn’t asked about Leo’s plans, but we were running out of time to finalise the dish and make sure the order was in for the delivery of fresh ingredients. Nonna had arranged for Marta and Bruna to arrive extra early to get a start on the orecchiette making so it had time enough to dry, and Domenic, Lili, Francesca and I were busy organising our responsibilities. Mine included making a choice of desserts to sell, including my now-famous lemon ricotta cake. While I was writing a list of the ingredie
