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Italian Farmers Market –Castagne

The weather is steadily getting colder here in New England and with Thanksgiving around the corner there are different foods showing up at the grocery store.  The summer fruits and veggies are gone and have made room for autumn foods and for me that means castagne (chestnuts.)  In Calabria they still have plenty of [...]

5 Things Not to Bring to Italy5 Things Not to Bring to Italy

Are you going to Italy this summer?  If so,you must be very excited!   Before you go,you’ll have lots of decisions to make on what to bring and not to bring.  Here are a few tips to help you get started.

First of all,make sure your passport is up to date…I [...]

Buona Pasqua

Back from Calabria and I wanted to send everyone l’auguri per una Buona Pasqua!  (Best wishes for a very Happy Easter.) Here are a few traditional Calabrian foods we will be eating tomorrow at our house. And here’s a recipe for Fraguni,which are my favorite!  What will be on your menu tomorrow?

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Learning Italian - Italian Language VacationLearning Italian –Italian Language Vacation

Thanks to all my readers and friends for helping me reach 50 Comments on my post,Q&A with ABC Italiano author Sonya Caruso! I ordered the 50 books Tuesday and they arrived today.  With the help of Linda,Claudia,Marie and Barbara,I hope to get these books in the right hands and help [...]

Seven Fishes Feast Round-Up

It was a small turn out for this year’s “Seven Fishes Feast”but that’s not going to stop us from making merry!  We have some wonderful recipes,I’ll pull out some vino bianco and we’ll give everything a try.

Linda at “Ciao Chow Linda”has gotten this party started the right [...]

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!

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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 [...]

Sopressata

I’ve made lots of friends through sopressata…I really have.  My father has been offered money,a friend wants to feature it in a future restaurant he is opening and one of my Irish buddies has somehow gotten “in”and now chips in financially and helps make them in order to get a share…[...]

Top 5 Favorite Italian Easter Foods

1 –Fraguni…my all time favorite Easter treats!

2 –Ricotta Pie…. rich and delicious!

3 –Pizza Rustica,Pizza Chena,Pitta Chena,whatever you call it in your house…It’s called YUMMY everywhere.

4 –Pastiera –it’s nice [...]

Calabria’s Olive Trees

It’s timeless,it’s beautiful and it’s the foundation of Italian cuisine.  With its silver/green leaves,its fruit and the oil it produces…the olive tree is nothing short of AMAZING.   What’s not to love about the olive tree?    It is referenced throughout history,religion and sports and used as a symbol of peace and [...]

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