Madame Cadec

Madame Cadec is

a literary and cookery

project launched

in the Autumn of 2020.

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Founded by

Sara Pellegrini,

an independent researcher

and designer.

An archive of recipes and culinary notes inspired by Patience Gray's stories about the Mediterranean food and spirit.

Recipes archive

+ food notes

A space on the web where one can find contemporary traces of the English writer's work and ideas for rethinking how we feed our appetites in today’s world.

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Patience Gray was the author of a formidable book, published in 1986, that captures and restores the Mediterranean spirit through the lens of food: Honey from a Weed.

Madame Cadec is also a nomadic cooking project, starting with the tiny kitchen Sara uses every day on her 10m sailing boat which has taken her, so far, halfway around the Mediterranean.

A TAVOLA CON HONEY FROM A WEED

A dinner at Pasto Nomade

Bologna, October 2025

A FEAST OF PATIENCE GRAY

Two dinners at Leila's Shop

London, June 2025

THREE MEALS FROM HONEY FROM A WEED.

A serie of events, at Casa delle Agriculture

Salento, November 2024