Fall is arriving. I adore the views over the vineyards and hills and the changing of the colors. Foggy mornings and cool evenings. We are doing the new oil dance here! Nothing like getting your first bottle of new olive oil. Tuscans pick their olives a little green, which means they are mostly hand picked…
Almost like being there…. Sicily
Catania fish market- Sicily from divina cucina on Vimeo. Wish I had brought my movie camera.Sicily is a place which imbeds itself in your soul. I will return soon to set up programs for next year already, but based at the seaside. Join me! Next year is my 25th anniversary in Italy and I want…
Postcards from Sicily
Some images from Sicilyuntil I have time to write! I have always loved these “sayings” on ceramic tiles This gypsy sleeping on the church steps looks like a paintingthe light inside and outside the church was magic. Traffic jams in the countryside with sheep Tomatoes drying for winter The BEST cannolo at Caffe Sicilia in…
Market- Catania’s Fish Market
Probably one of the most fun fish markets in Italy is the Catania fish market. We stopped by with our slow food group and had some fresh sea urchins sold already cleaned in a small cup with a “mussel” spoon!It was like eating the sea.I prefer it without the lemon, which was squeezed on before…
Merci Lucy
One thing I love about the internet is the constant learning. I love to read Lucy’s blog, Kitchen Notebook, not only for her words,which paint such vibrant images,but also for the images themselves. She is a fabulous photographer and I can’t wait to see her reporton our week in Sicily. This is the new trick…
Eat Drink Shop- Palermo
My favorite painting of the Vucceria market by Renato Guttuso This week in Palermo has been full of eating drinking and shopping!swordfish is a speciality in Palermo, guess so if they come this big! It is the perfect season to be here. We were able to participate in the first pressing of olive oil with…
Too Much of a Good Thing?
With todays news of the market crashing-countries going bankrupt We all need to think about the simple postive things in life. A fabulous flavor combination I have come to love in ItalyisBread and Chocolate. Saltless Tuscan bread is perfect to have with a bite of a simple bar of chocolate. Last week when we were…
Edible Florence- Gastone
simple When I met my hubby Andrea, he lived in a wonderful neighborhood near Santa Croce:a block from Vivoli’s ice cream parlorand a block down from Borgo degli Albizi,which is one of my favorite shopping streets. Any place to eat here would be great locationwise. Where I used to buy my bread, at one of…