Travel Alert: Vero Viaggio

11 months ago

Some Questions Since we moved to Italy, I have received a number of queries about traveling here, longer stays and…

Italy Insider: Amaro Amore

11 months ago

Guilty As Charged As the daughter of a master maker of the  Old Fashioned cocktail and a devoted quaffer of…

Ingredients: Ridiculous Radicchio

11 months ago

A Winter Harvest One of the joys of the dreary JanFebs (thank you Liz DiGregorio for this perfect descriptor) in…

Food For Thought: Your Power As A Consumer

11 months ago

Dissension In The Ranks I started following The Real Organic Project shortly after I began writing Kitchen Detail. Phil Barrows…

Juicy Post: Luca Cesari Corrects The Record

12 months ago

Ciao Bella I am slowly finding my way to reading serious stuff once again. Bologna was a hotbed of partisan…

T’was The Day After Christmas

12 months ago

Post Christmas Diversions Christmas requires both a fair amount of adrenaline and a firm suspension in belief. If you have…

Celebrations: A Splendiferous Birthday

1 year ago

Michelin Emojis While the RWM is having his trials learning the language of his newly adopted country (he also had…

Celebrations: Falala Francais in Bologna

1 year ago

Buon Natale  - French Style lmagine my surprise walking back from a singularly unsuccessful viewing of an exorbitantly priced but…

Juicy Post: The Subject Is Mashed Potatoes

1 year ago

A Difference In Cultures Among the  schisms between the US and EU that don’t seem to be much discussed is…

Food & Film: The Need To Grow

1 year ago

New Habits And Goals I fancied myself a fairly conscientious environmentalist in my Virginia home. Compost, recycled gift wrap, bottles…