When the temperatures start to rise, quick and easy recipes are what we look at for easy meals. A favorite is Carpaccio. I remember it was one of the dishes that won me over to Italian food in the 80’s at Prego restaurant in San Francisco. The original dish was created by Arrigo Cipriani of…
Sweet Home Sicilia- Planeta Foresteria
I adore returning to a place I love, like Sicily, when it starts to feel like home. That is one of the reasons I began bringing my students. When I ask an Italian who has been to America, how their trip was, I adore hearing exciting tales of the fabulous time they had, sites they…
Old pasta– new to me
I travel a lot in Italy, often doing research and development for new trips. Discovering the regional pasta dishes and other specialites is like a treasure hunt. I was invited on a PR trip to discover the area outside of Naples, which makes one of my favorite liquore, Strega. The town of Benevento and the…
Wednesday Market in Certaldo
There is nothing I love more than a market day! I live in Certaldo where we have the large market on Wednesday and a small market just a few food trucks, on Saturday. Where I teach, in Colle Val D’Elsa, the huge market day is on Friday. That pretty much covers it for me. With…
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…
When Life Gives You Lemons—
I was cruising through the recipes on my website ( yes there are tons of recipes on my site) and was thinking of which ones would be great for the holidays. I adore winter for the citrus and the lemons are lovely right now and that usually means making limoncello in my house. Traditional Limoncello…