Ingredients: Ham What Am

8 months ago

Ham Histories Since I now reside in one of the reigning ham regions of the world, I have thought about…

Juicy Post: A Sugar Tax Revolution

9 months ago

A Different Party Wars have unintended consequences, as anyone who reads Heather Cox Richardson obsessively will be able to appreciate.…

Food For Thought: The Tuna Chronicles Part 2

9 months ago

Defending The Sandwich Someone very close to me took exception to the anecdote in the opening paragraph of last week’s…

Food For Thought: The Tuna Chronicles – Part I

9 months ago

For the life of me, I cannot remember which marvelous food writer  (perhaps Waverly Root or Roy Andries De Groot)…

Italy Insider: Gramigna – The Pasta That Could

9 months ago

    Not Spag Bo My husband's favorite dish to order in a restaurant is  Tagliatelle al Ragù. My Bolognese…

Ingredients: Salt Lick

10 months ago

 Pepper's Best Friend Some time ago, I wrote a post on the different types of peppercorns, which some  readers found…

Juicy Post: Biodegradable Compostable Conundrum

10 months ago

Parting Shots One of my parting wishes last year when we left for Bologna (I had several, a few not…

Travel Alert: Val Di Fiemme

10 months ago

Snowbound We were swept along  on a ski trip (although we chose to walk very mild mountain trails instead) with…

Food For Thought: A Global Roundup

10 months ago

 Venom In A Spray The product Roundup and its principal component glyphosate are at the center of so much controversy,…

Italy Insider: Bologna’s ArteFiera

10 months ago

Urban Occupations Being a city girl has some advantages. While I may not have at hand a beautiful view of…