Travel Alert: Val Di Fiemme

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year ago

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

Travel Alert: Vero Viaggio

1 year 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

1 year ago

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

Ingredients: Ridiculous Radicchio

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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

1 year 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…