Pasta Fritta with Prosciutto and Straccino
This is one of my absolute favorite treats in Italy. Simply, it‘s fried dough. Bagfuls of fresh, hot pasta frita are often sold at festivals with just a little salt. But, at…
Who’s crazy?
Who’s crazy? Everyone thinks that the Italians are crazy drivers. They pass on the right. When they pass on the left, they simply come up on you and squeeze you over to…
Where’s the cookbook?
I noticed something while spending time in the kitchens of some of my italian friends. They have very few, if any, cookbooks. They cook without direction or guidance from a…
Go ahead, make their day!
Want to make someone’s day? Pick someone, a friend or a stranger – it doesn’t matter. Buy them an espresso. Pick up their tab at the bar. It’s only a…
There’s nothing in the fridge…
While house hunting I was staying with some friends that I’d met from across the ocean while on my search . They had a wonderful little home for sale that…
Absolutely the best pizza
Everyone has their opinions on the ‘best pizza’ in town, in italy, in the world… What’s funny is people listen to each other, and then disagree. They ask where the…
Kylie Flavell – Filmmaker, Writer, Romantic, Empath
There are so many great bloggers writing about Italy, I want to share them, but which one to choose first. I discovered Kylie Flavell and her video blog recently, and…
Don’t come home until you have a house in Italy.
The story of how I ended up with a home in the mountains of northern Tuscany. My wife and I had been looking on-line at houses in Italy and Greece.…