Celebrations: Praise For Passito

5 days ago

Not On My Christmas List I had to make a confession recently to the RWM* as he was fretting about…

Superior Sources: The Art Of Mantecatura

2 weeks ago

Spaghetti Without Meatballs Like many before me, I  have long been in love with these deceptively simple Italian pasta dishes…

Juicy Post: Lard vs Crisco

3 weeks ago

A Fat Confession The person writing this post was known in her previous life to have filled  her fridge and…

Bonus Recipe: I Think We All Need A Brownie

4 weeks ago

Down Memory Lane With my move to Bologna, I forgot to count the Wednesdays in the month. I  had a…

Food For Thought: Facts and Fables About Vertical Farming

1 month ago

A New Era In Virginia Farming My older brother, a stellar NASA engineer for over 50 years and protagonist in…

Superior Sources: Tasting Terčič Wines at Twinside

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Broadening My Wine Horizons One of my favorite restaurants (well actually it’s two for one) Twinside, through their Mixologist Supreme,…

Food For Thought: Rise of Food Poisoning in the US

2 months ago

 Conversation Starters I subscribe to a terrific Italian language learning platform in which the creators designed a twenty four-seven Virtual…

Ingredients: Butter is Better

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Moving On From Margarine  In May of 2023 I  wrote a post with a brief history of margarine and its…

Superior Sources: Dining With Gotha Spiriti Nobili

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Cin-Cin I love a great cocktail but not the overdone cruise-ship concoctions described online by their habitués. Daiquiris when the…

Juicy Post; The State Of Eggs

3 months ago

Where Are The Eggs? A funny thing happened to me in the grocery store, when I first arrived in Bologna.…