The cooking at Italyville continues with grispelle… we make grispelle every year around Christmas. We make the ball shapped grispelle with anchovies in the center and the donut shapped grispelle. My mom’s town in Calabria (Feroleto Antico) has an event every December called “la grispellisma” and it’s a wonderful event. Hope you are all enjoying the [...]
First of all, I would like to thank Maryann from Finding la Dolce Vita for co-hosting the first “Seven Fishes Feast” along with Italyville. I know I’m not the only one who thinks she has a GREAT blog and equally GREAT personality. I would also like to thank the team at “Feast of the Seven Fishes” [...]
It’s true, I want one. Some people want a sports car or a motorcycle and of course the SMART car is the hottest trend here in the States but not for me… I want a Piaggio Ape.
Me in Zio Toni’s Ape [...]
Now that Thanksgiving is over and December has arrived, Italians go into overdrive in the kitchen. There are so many wonderful dishes, recipes, specialties and customs that come along with the holidays, which for me has always been a wonderful time of year. Christmas Eve in particular is one of my favorites [...]
I was talking to my “mamma” today.. just chating and she casually mentioned that she was going to Mohegan Sun this weekend. My mom’s not a gambler… so I was thinking my dad put her up to it. I was wrong. Her friend had an extra ticket to go see Toto Cutungo and offered it to [...]