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Diva on the road

April 8, 2015 by Divina Cucina

I am just ending a USA trip and ready to head back.

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I began with the IACP culinary conference in Washington, DC. Always great to catch up with my collegues.
Then flew up to New York and met my assistant Erica for her first trip to the USA, fabulous to show someone around, you see a country with new eyes.

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We enjoyed a wonderful meal at Speedy Romeo with Justin and Sam.

Then Beatrice at Gustiamo hosted us for a fun party, I invited my friends and it was fun connecting friends with friends and promoting great Italian products produced by my artisan friends too.

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Linda Pelaccio hosted me on her radio show, A Taste of the Past, and we talked about festival foods in Italy.

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A visit to the 9/11 memorial was moving.

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The trip continued on to Providence for Easter weekend with friends and now we are in Chicago.

We did a private cooking class with dinner shopping at EATALY which was wonderful and the next day prepared a minestrone for 100 for a soup kitchen.

It has been long and packed with fun and friends. Will have to catch up on my pictures and stories later.

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  1. Diane P. says

    April 8, 2015 at 4:32 pm

    Oh, how I wish I would have known you were going to be in Chicago! I am an hour and a half south of the city and would have driven up for your cooking class! Maybe for your next trip……….

    • Divina Cucina says

      April 11, 2015 at 8:27 am

      i had written about it for a long time on FB– but was going to do a benefit– so was not booking other events- I adore chicago! will have to return!

  2. Connie Pappalardo says

    April 8, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    You’re in Chicago? Me, too! Aside from Eataly, where do you recommend to eat here? So many of my favorites have closed. But I still enjoy the lasagna (and everything else) at Gene and Georgetti’s, the duck at Chicago Brauhaus, and the chicken at Tufano’s…

    • Divina Cucina says

      April 11, 2015 at 8:28 am

      we were– and at at the purple pig, terzo piano at the museum and at topolobampo—

  3. Phyllis @ Oracibo says

    April 9, 2015 at 1:50 am

    What a whirlwind you are Judy…sounds like you had a great time connecting with friends. I’ll just bet Erica was blown away? I hope she really enjoyed herself. You should see about taking her to Quebec City one day and yourself of course! I’ll bet you would find it very interesting.

    • Divina Cucina says

      April 11, 2015 at 8:28 am

      it was GREAT seeing her enjoy and be overwhelmed at times too!

  4. Robert E. Blesse says

    April 9, 2015 at 7:47 am

    Sounds like you had a great trip!

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Originally from California; Tuscany has been my home since 1984. I found the city of Florence to hold all my passions, food, wine, art all in one place. When I am not in Tuscany, I am often found in Sicily, my other favorite place to be. Always searching for recipes to share and exploring for the guides I write to my favorite cities for food and wine.

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