Author: Elisabetta

CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE IN TRENTINO’S CITY OF ROVERETO IN NORTHERN ITALY

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Have you ever celebrated the winter holidays without either chocolate or coffee? I have not. Thick smooth dark and sweet chocolate drinks, chocolate balls wrapped in colored tissue paper, chocolate bon bons filled with special liqueurs or grappa, layered chocolate pralines, chocolate chip cookies, cookies rolled in chocolate sprinkles, layered jam filled Sacher tortes, chocolate … Continue reading CHOCOLATE AND COFFEE IN TRENTINO’S CITY OF ROVERETO IN NORTHERN ITALY

Washington State’s Everett’s Coho Salmon Derby and More

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25TH ANNIVERSARY WASHINGTON STATE'S EVERETT'S COHO SALMON DERBY (SEPTEMBER 22-23, 2018). During a rainy and windy almost typical State of Washington weekend of September, over 1100 fishermen and their families again welcomed coho salmon season by competing around Everett, Washington for the largest coho. This year locals and guests from far away celebrated the 25th … Continue reading Washington State’s Everett’s Coho Salmon Derby and More

MILAN AND FERRAGOSTO – VISITING AN ALMOST DESERTED METROPOLIS

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It is possible that many of you have already visited Italy's second city with its dynamic hardworking down to earth fashionable people. Often travel packages include Milan on its way to Venice, may be Vicenza, Bologna, Florence and Rome. However, for a change, try to visit the "time is money" metropolis, home of banks, stock … Continue reading MILAN AND FERRAGOSTO – VISITING AN ALMOST DESERTED METROPOLIS

FERRARA – CITY OF DUKES, DUCHESSES, COOKS, FOOD, CULTURE AND PALIO

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Ferrara, once political center of the noble Este family, where Lucrezia Borgia daughter of Pope Alexander VI lived and was wife, mother and beloved duchess, has several places where to learn more about Northern Italian history and Italian regional cuisine. The city was also once the culinary test kitchen of Messisbugo, one of the most prominent … Continue reading FERRARA – CITY OF DUKES, DUCHESSES, COOKS, FOOD, CULTURE AND PALIO

ACCORDING TO ACCADEMIA ITALIANA DELLA CUCINA OR ELSE?

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A few months ago, one of the most recent delegations of the prominent Accademia Italiana della Cucina, founded in Rovereto in 2017, sponsored an interesting convention for those who wish to understand a little bit better how the quality of eating places is evaluated by renown guides such as Michelin, Touring Club Italia, Guide dell' … Continue reading ACCORDING TO ACCADEMIA ITALIANA DELLA CUCINA OR ELSE?

AN ANCIENT EUROPEAN WAY OF SALT AND WINE

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Too often we take salt for granted, especially throughout Northern Italy where salt comes either from Alpine Mountains (salgemma) or from the Adriatic and Ligurian Sea (sale marino). It was not so during the Middle Ages; in fact, then it was called White Gold. Salt entered Northern Italian wealthy and poor households through merchants who … Continue reading AN ANCIENT EUROPEAN WAY OF SALT AND WINE

HALLOWEEN’S PUMPKINS, ZOMBIES, OSS DE MORT AND AN AMERICAN THANKSGIVING IN ITALY

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Large, medium, small, carved or sculptured, Halloween pumpkins have reached the Italian peninsula! "It's for fun..." say young Italians who like to dress up like witches, vampires, and zombies... On this I have often wondered how many of those young Italians actually realize that when they dress up as scary characters, ride the local Halloween … Continue reading HALLOWEEN’S PUMPKINS, ZOMBIES, OSS DE MORT AND AN AMERICAN THANKSGIVING IN ITALY

AN ALWAYS INTERESTING WASHINGTON D.C.

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Washington D.C. is always interesting and exciting, whether the nation's capital is recovering from a wintery snowfall or preparing for an upcoming cherry blossom festival. WASHINGTON D.C.'s ANNUAL CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL: It all began between 1910 and 1912, during Taft's presidency, when Japanese Mayor Yokio Ozaki of Tokyo donated 3000 cherry trees to the nation's … Continue reading AN ALWAYS INTERESTING WASHINGTON D.C.

SEATTLE – CITY OF GLASS, SEAFOOD AND STARBUCKS

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Seattle's Chihuly Garden and Glass Museum. Absolutely amazing and beautiful! The mastery of the Washington state native Dale Chihuly, expressed by the museum's display, not only reminds us how superior creativity can produce something which gives great pleasure to the eye and soul, with beautiful colors and shapes, but how with the same outstanding creativity, … Continue reading SEATTLE – CITY OF GLASS, SEAFOOD AND STARBUCKS