A few summers back I saw my first hazelnuts growing on trees just outside of Gragnano, near Naples. This year I was blessed with finding a tree on my friends property up in the hills outside of Florence. the nuts on the tree, the grow in clusters of three The above shot was from a…
Ferragosto- Vacation Time
All of Italy used to shut down for August. The first signs of vacation are casts appearing on arms and legs. Shops start to close.Things start to break or you get sick.Trying to get something done in summer is almost impossible, but little by little things change.Fewer and fewer people can afford to leave for a…
Celebrating- Tanti auguri a Me!
Thanks to everyone that participated in my blog party! I have 5,000 Fb friends and see that 1300 of you get my blog updates as email! GRAZIE GRAZIE GRAZIEThe winner of the wonderful gift box from Gustiamo, filled with some of Italy’s BEST FOOD PRODUCTS in Sue Scott.The other winners are: Jan, Amber,Silvia,Karen Epstein Rosen, Deb…
Summer treats – Granita di Cocomero
I can’t get enough of watermelon while it is in season. Mostly I just eat slices– it is the perfect fruit, even with the seeds. No seedless watermelon here. Watermelon has two Italian names, cocomero or anguria. When I have time, I like to make a watermelon granita. Simple and fun. I learned how to…
Edible Florence- Obika’
Living outside of Florence now, I don’t get back into town as much as I would like to explore and relax on my own. Often I am down to do a market tour or meet up with someone for an event. My husband and I had some things to do and managed to be free…
I’m BACK!!!
So thrilled—FB restored my old page. even more of a reason to celebrate– Thanks so much for all your support. here is a little preview of something i am working on…. a calendar for 2013- My market boys!!! Not just another pretty face, Stiven has opened a fish and chips stand in the market with…
Facebook Fiasco!
I was so thrilled to have arrived at 5.000 friends. I read on FB that to continue, it was possible to switch over to a personal page and not lose friends.You would lose the archives, foto’s etc that you had accumulated over the years, but not friends. NOT So I am trying to contact FB…
PARTY TIME!!!!
How the world has changed…. I can still remember when I first opened my Divina Cucina website in 1997 (it was mangiafirenze then).Then I changed the name to Divina Cucina— and the rest is history. I joined FB August 8th 2007 and now have almost 5,000 FB friends.So it is PARTY TIME!!! I am going to celebrate…