I am truly blessed to work with food and wine in a place like Italy, where it is almost a religion. The passion for what we eat and drink by both the producers and the consumers is really contagious. Fall is probably my favorite season for traveling and sharing food and wine, as the cooler…
Pork, Pasta and Parmesan- pigging out in Emilia Romagna
Thanks to those of you that voted for me in the Project Food Blog contest- I didn’t make the cut for the next session—- so back to regular postings! Great timing as I just returned from a week in Emilia Romagna with the Slow Food convivium from Kansas City, headed by Chef Jasper Mirabile of…
Project Food Blog – Challenge # 3- Putting on the Ritz
The third challenge for the Project Food Blog is a luxury dinner for four.It does not have to be expensive— but special. Main ingredient- 4 friendsand me as their Italian life coach in the kitchen Living in Tuscany, we are truly blessed with ingredients. To me, that is the secret of any great meal. Then…
What’s Not to Love- Tuscany in Fall
There is something really special about the light in fall, shorter days, long shadows all encourage dreaming. As we layer up dressing now, long sleeves, sweaters and scarves prepared to undress to fewer layers as the warm Indian summer sun arrives. Although we have had strange weather, the harvest has started,late, but everyone has their…
Project Food Blog – Challenge # 2- Cooking out of the Comfort Zone
Thanks so much for those of you that voted for me and helped me make the cut.Today’s challenge is to create a dish out of our personal comfort zone and cannot be Italian or French. In choosing a recipe for this week’s challenge, I had to face one of the problems of being an expat….
Tito’s Oven-Roasted Tuscan Beans
It is that time of year- fresh beans are appearing in my markets and what I really love is when I find them already shelled. Florentines are called Mangia-fagioli, bean-eaters. Not sure if it is supposed to be offensive, but I adore beans and eaten with rice or grains become a perfect protein and one…
Fall Foods – When Tuscany Shines
Everyday I am constantly reminded of how lucky I am. Tuscany is really at its best in fall. Not only is the scenery fabulous, incredible light, but the food and wine is really my favorite in fall. Panzano in Chianti half-way between Florence and Siena on the 222 This past week on our Chianti Experience…
Project Food Blog – Challenge # 1- Ready, Set, Blog
I love a challenge, so when FoodBuzz sent out their Food Blog Challenge I jumped in.Follow a fabulous group of food-bloggers as we set out on this adventure.The FoodBuzz team is giving us a weekly subject and YOU get to vote! This week is: why we blog and why we should be the next food blog…