Here I come!Heading to California tomorrow.I will be on the radio Saturday around 12:30 -1pm on the Dining Around show with Joel Riddel on Newstalk 910- tune in!After the show I am attending a luncheon meeting with Ecole Chocolate, celebrating her 10 years. I have been helping run the Tuscan Masters Chocolate program for the…
2013- Bring It On!
Ok- I am so ready to be done with 2012—– and move on. It has been a really tough couple of years since my mom died, family problems and being so far away. This year is 25 years I have been teaching cooking in Italy and I am ready to celebrate. We had a calm…
Florence November 4, 1966
As the world was hit with hurricane Sandy, first in Cuba and then the USA, leaving thousands with no clean water, electricity and homes destroyed, I remember stories from my husband here in Florence during the flood on November 4th,1966. The voice over is a famous Florentine singer, who is “joking” about the flood. A…
Wordless Wednesday- Eye Candy
Andrea at Maccaroni Ciro at Antico Borgo in Gragnano Ernesto at Don Alfonso Sergio at Faella- Gragnano It’s the people that make the experience. Thanks for making our trip memorable. Mille Grazie After this trip, I may have to make a new “boy” calendar……
Market Boy Calendar 2013
ok- it is real! I finally made a calendar with some of my favorite vendors in and around Florence. You can click here to order, look for the discount code! ( discount good until November 27,2012)
Time Flies When You Are Having Fun
In September of 1984, I bought a one-way ticket to Europe. The plan was to spend a month in France and a month in Italy. I had been to France many times already, was trained in French pastries and working at a 5 star hotel as a pastry chef and waitressing to save up cash! I…
Counting My Blessings
I really adore having my photography to remind me of where I have been, with whom and how lucky I am. I feel already blessed to be living in Tuscany and be able to travel around Italy for work with my fellow Italophiles. Fall is always busy in Italy, I think it is one of…
