Stories

Pruning the olive trees

Spring is making some appearance and it's now time to prune olive trees.  Some...

Ministry of protection of mistreated foods

If Jamie Oliver has a ministry, I also want one. I need it for...

if only she knew….

Weeks ago I received an email from a woman stating the following: "we considered staying...

Festa

If our everyday meals were low profile, holidays were an entire different experience. In...

Golden hands

This crazy country of mine, sometimes I am proud of it. Italy is a...

Learning the basics

My cooking school was my family. As a teenager I went daily with my...

Feeling happy

Hello world, we're just back from holidays. Life is good. Holidays is GOOD! 🙂

an enchanted house: Palazzo Bourbon di Sorbello in Perugia

I've always had a fascination for old houses. When I was a child the...

AUGURI!

Auguri! Happy Holidays and peace to all my friends and family, to all food...

Roots

My Aunt Ida is on Facebook. This is not an obvious fact. Sixty-plus years...