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…
Wordless Wednesday- Market
Ferragosto- Vacation Time
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…
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…
Who am I?
Sometimes it seems to be that our online life began with Facebook and no one knows about anything before. As time flies, it is easy to forget. I have been living in Italy since 1984 and teaching cooking since 1988. In my previous life, pre-Italy, I worked for 7 years in a 5 star hotel…
Keeping Kitchen- Capers
Have been busy just enjoying the season and finally switching to summer. We have had prosciutto and melon a couple of times for dinner already, but no local melons yet and I cannot tell you how much better something tastes without having been in the fridge. We are lucky enough to be able to buy…