BACK TO BUCKWHEAT CULTURE TO CELEBRATE SOUTH TYROLEAN AND TRENTINO’S GLUTENFREE WINTER HOLIDAYS

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Traveling around the world is an interesting and exciting experience. Returning to one's roots and enjoying familiar foods is as joyful as experiencing a new voyage adventure. Tasting old heritage foods can be for some of us like winning a free ticket to a super screen movie. I grew up around a South Tyrolean-Trentino family … Continue reading BACK TO BUCKWHEAT CULTURE TO CELEBRATE SOUTH TYROLEAN AND TRENTINO’S GLUTENFREE WINTER HOLIDAYS

Kielbasa, Kolaches and Peace: A Historical Perspective

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Is it possible to LEARN FROM CONTEMPORARY HISTORY FOR PEACE? I would say yes, if we don't embrace cultural snobbism, self-righteousness, unforgiveness, greed and avarice. To learn from contemporary history we can also add friendliness. We can include fundraising for a good cause, open-mindedness, music, singing, smiling, chatting, and sharing food and drinking a little … Continue reading Kielbasa, Kolaches and Peace: A Historical Perspective

VINITALY – 57th INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS TRADE SHOW – 6-9 April 2025 in VERONA, NORTHERN ITALY –

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During a recent prolonged April weekend, the Northern Italian city of Verona hosted thousands of visitors for the VINITALY 2025. Modern kissing couples and tourists, interested in the ancient and romantic city of Verona, home city of Romeo and Juliet, not only gathered under downtown's Juliet's balcony. Many of them moved also beyond Piazza Bra … Continue reading VINITALY – 57th INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRITS TRADE SHOW – 6-9 April 2025 in VERONA, NORTHERN ITALY –

HONORING THOSE ANCIENT CARNIVAL TRADITIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL SEASONAL FOODS AND AMERICAN BEEF

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Hard to say when the tradition of Carnival began. The origins of the festival also known as Mardi Gras or Shrovetide are truly lost in time. According to the Italian cultural anthropologist Giovanni Kezich, the story of the Carnival season dates back to pagan times. Today it is a season that includes Shrove Sunday, Shrove … Continue reading HONORING THOSE ANCIENT CARNIVAL TRADITIONS WITH INTERNATIONAL SEASONAL FOODS AND AMERICAN BEEF

IN THE NAME OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL! THE 2025 SUPER BOWL LIX (59) WITH LOSERS AND WINNERS, CHICKEN WINGS, TORTILLA CHIPS, GUACAMOLE AND NOT PURPLE BUT YELLOW GATORADE!

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One of the most important American football events took place on Sunday, February 9, 2025 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The final score was Philadelphia Eagles with 40 points and Kansas Chiefs with 22 points. Fans of either side cried, booed or celebrated. Food of choice for many Americans included chicken wings, tortilla chips, guacamole, ribs, … Continue reading IN THE NAME OF AMERICAN FOOTBALL! THE 2025 SUPER BOWL LIX (59) WITH LOSERS AND WINNERS, CHICKEN WINGS, TORTILLA CHIPS, GUACAMOLE AND NOT PURPLE BUT YELLOW GATORADE!

AMERICAN KRAMPUS BEER WITH HABANERO CHILES IN BRUNSWICK, MARYLAND

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I recently found myself truly surprised. A scary Krampus was depicted on red and black beer cans. They were for sale during the winter holiday season at the Brunswick Brewing Station Brewery in Maryland. There the row of six packs of dark stout beer, spiced with Habanero Chiles, brought me back to almost forgotten childhood … Continue reading AMERICAN KRAMPUS BEER WITH HABANERO CHILES IN BRUNSWICK, MARYLAND

SOUTH TYROLEAN KRAMPUS AND NIKOLAUS – ZELTEN AND ORANGE PUNCH

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Once every winter, several townships and villages in the Autonomous Region of South Tyrol and Trentino celebrate the ancient winter tradition of Nikolaus and Krampus. The celebration predates the Council of Trento (1545-1563) and probably the very early Crusades when, after 1095 A.D., Christians and Muslims fought over the Holy Land and the Spice Trade. … Continue reading SOUTH TYROLEAN KRAMPUS AND NIKOLAUS – ZELTEN AND ORANGE PUNCH

SPANISH ANDALUSIA: TO EACH ITS OWN – Aguadulce, Roquetas de Mar, Seville and the Barrio and Mercado de Triana

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If you dream of white beaches and warm weather, book yourself into a place in Aguadulce. There enjoy good tostadas, tapas, gaspachos, sangrias, paella, or migas and bacalao frito. Relax on lounge chairs covered by straw sun umbrellas. Then, stroll through alleys flanked by palm trees to the Ciringuito beach cabanas. In one of them, … Continue reading SPANISH ANDALUSIA: TO EACH ITS OWN – Aguadulce, Roquetas de Mar, Seville and the Barrio and Mercado de Triana

SOUTH TYROLEAN “TOERGELLEN” AT THE GRIESSERHOF IN VHARN, NORTHERN ITALY

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"Toergellen" in the Northern Italian Autonomous Region of South Tyrol is an ancient tradition as wine itself. For locals, "Toergellen" is almost a must-be-done-event during the fall months of October and November. They take family members, friends, neighbors and guests and walk throughout the Alpine landscape. You should try it. Stop and look at the … Continue reading SOUTH TYROLEAN “TOERGELLEN” AT THE GRIESSERHOF IN VHARN, NORTHERN ITALY

Calabrian Stocco: From Norsemen Merchandise to Southern Italian Cuisine

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If you agree with me that: "We Are What We Eat..." (D.R. Gabaccia, 2000, Harvard University Press), who should we believe are those modern Calabrian Aspromonte "stocco" eaters who, after importing today the dried cod from the land of the Norsemen, soak it in fresh Aspromonte mountain spring water, sell it, distribute it, and prepare … Continue reading Calabrian Stocco: From Norsemen Merchandise to Southern Italian Cuisine