Italy Insider: Le Marche Via Three Restaurants

1 year ago

Geography Lessons My grandson, in an effort to educate me on the geography of his father's region, pointed out that…

Juicy Post: September Pomodorini In Porchetta

1 year ago

The End Is Coming It happens every year. We wait and wait for a big selection of  local tomatoes -…

Recipe: Tomato Tarte Mathilde

1 year ago

A Fictional Tomato Tart This tart’s presence in Google searches is due to  the irrepressible Deb Perlman of Smitten  Kitchen fame. I…

Food For Thought: Cultured Meat

1 year ago

Breaking News While I was tossing in my sleep over moving to Bologna in late July, I missed the news…

Italy Insider: Bistecca Adventures

1 year ago

Promises, Promises A wild promise was made to me when we moved to Italy - the other person in this…

Food For Thought: Blue Crab Invasion

1 year ago

My Miss List As much as I have wanted to move to Italy, there exists a mental list of things…

Recipes: Year Four of Zucchini Relief

1 year ago

That Time Of Year Again   Since my new home is to be in Italy, the land that apparently bequeathed…

Juicy Post: Last of the Strawberries

1 year ago

The Return I never can believe it when I find strawberries in the late summer at our farmers markets,  but…

Ingredients: Summer Eggplant Surplus

1 year ago

A Vegetable of Many Names No one makes jokes about the abundance of eggplants the way zucchini gets mauled with…

In My Neighborhood: Finding Fertile Fields Along Alexandria’s Route 1

1 year ago

A Sustainable Farming Gem Hidden off a particularly uninspiring stretch of Richmond Highway is an unexpected agricultural wonderland. Here, tucked…