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Difference Makers

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Zucchini Flowers

I’m back from our trip to Calabria and trying my best to get back into the swing of things… hope you are all having a wonderful summer so far. I’m looking forward to sharing some stories, recipes and photos from the trip.

The beauty of visiting family in Italy is getting back to your roots.  In Calabria [...]

Venetian Masks

It’s been a busy few weeks but I hope to post more frequently before our trip to Italy in July.  I’m sure there are many of you getting ready to vacation soon and I’m certain several of you are heading to Italy as well.  It’s often difficult to brainstorm  on what gifts to bring to your [...]

Old Italy

It’s not unusual to see old abandoned homes in southern Italy… so when we took a walk to see my uncle’s childhood home (not far from his own) I asked him who owned it and why it was abandoned.  The answer was that he did, along with his brothers and sisters.  It was left to them [...]

Italian Fountains

I did a post on Italian doors a while back… but something else caught my eye this time around:  Fountains.  Fountains can be found all over Italy in many different styles and in many different places.  Some Italians find the fountain they think has the best tasting water and go back again and again to fill [...]

Fantastic Photos

I’ve been saving this fantastic photo for the holidays…. the photo was submitted by Julie at Julie Richey Mosaics. Julie took this photo in Florence while living and studying there.  Fantastic Photo Julie and thanks for sharing!

A Roasted Red Hard Drive

So I managed to wipe out my entire hard drive last week… to add insult to injury, I have a back-up drive but never got around to hooking it up.  All my photos (that I didn’t upload to snapfish) including some of the “fantastic photos” I had yet to post (sorry) and much much more.  I [...]

Fantastic Photo

Here’s a fantastic photo from Amy & Jonny at “We Are Never Full” their blog was one of the inspiration behind Fantastic Photos when I started it (read here.) The photo was taken on a weekday morning at 9am as they drank their morning “caffè” in Piazza Maggiore in Bologna.  This photo takes me [...]

Stuff Italians Like

Italians like to make way too much food.  Have you ever been to an Italian wedding or baptism or holiday dinner or any Italian occasion where food is served… and left hungry?  My mother always worries that there won’t be enough food…

Me: What did you make?

Mom: I made some soup, a few pounds of pasta, meatballs [...]

Italian Green Bean Salad

I can fondly remember sitting with my mother and snapping the ends off green beans fresh from the garden when I was a kid, so yesterday when I was visiting my parent’s I picked the first green beans of the season and took them home, sat in the backyard and snapped away.

One of my favorite ways [...]

Italian Pasta Pie

As I mentioned in my recent post about Italian food, some of the best recipes come from Italian creativity when times are tough (la cucina povera) in southern Italy that was pretty much all the time… well, times are tough everywhere!  but don’t let that stop you from making delicious Italian food.  Pasta Pie or pizza [...]