There are fall days in Northern Italy, when celebrating harvest season makes us comment that the subalpine region of Val di Non is wonderful and bountiful. Nestled among the Trentino mountains, beyond the capital city of Trento and a wide well kept tunneled highway, the valley, accessible by train and car, is a paradise for … Continue reading TRENTINO’S APPLE AND FALL DAYS IN VAL DI NON
Home city to international shipping, to elegant coffee shops serving famous fine coffees, and to multilingual and multicultural people, today's Trieste has much to offer to visitors who travel by car, by cruise ship, or by train to see a region and city with Adriatic Baltic and Mediterranean ties. Regional capital of the Northern Italian … Continue reading TRIESTE – INTERNATIONAL PORT AND COFFEE CITY
Not all hurricanes leave only death and destruction; Norfolk's ancient "Hurry Cane," for example, in 1667, after 24 hours of rain, storm, wind, and flood water, "spawned and spit" a gift "for lovers": a tongue of land called today Norfolk's Willoughby Spit. According to Hampton Road history and the Virginian Pilot newspaper (July 14th, 2013) and … Continue reading NORFOLK AND WILLOUGHBY SPIT – VIRGINIA IS FOR LOVERS
Gather under the huge family tarp, while the wind is blowing and Poticaw Bajou's alligators are struggling to survive the most recent flood and rain: Wayne's Icelandic girlfriend, his 85 years old mother, Joe, his wife and the kids, Honey the white speckled bull-terrier, two lined trash cans under a white painted board with two … Continue reading EATING CRAWFISH IN MISSISSIPPI, U.S.A
Today's autonomous region of Trentino, part of Northern Italy along with a more northern portion of territory called Alto Adige, is a natural multicultural border territory between the Italic peninsula and the Germanic regions beyond the Alps. It has been this way ever since 1027 when the German Emperor Conrad II and the Holy Roman … Continue reading NORTHERN ITALIAN TRENTINO – A REGION OF GERMANIC ITALIAN HISTORY, LAKES, AND HEARTY DISHES
Wine has always played an important role in Italian economy, gastronomy and in every day life. In fact, with and around wine Italians cook, eat, discuss, evaluate and celebrate. One upcoming opportunity for wine to be truly the focus of attention and celebration will be in Verona, the ancient home town of Romeo and Juliet, … Continue reading NORTHERN ITALIAN VERONA – CITY OF WINE AND ROMANCE
Once every year during the months of November and December, Northern Italians prepare to celebrate Christmas. Famous winter holiday sweets, cherished and gifted throughout the northern regions besides Panettone, Pandoro and Croccante include: TORRONE and MANDORLATO. Torrone and Mandorlato, prepared with more or less hardened beaten egg whites, honey, sugar and either toasted almonds, … Continue reading ITALIAN CHRISTMAS TREATS – TORRONE AND MANDORLATO
While searching for THE authentic original Southern banana pudding recipe one can find that there are thousands out there... Ask about banana pudding Britney P. in Pascagoula, Mississippi; she serves the mushy creamy yellow dessert at the small Annex Restaurant. Asking how to prepare it, will get you a smile and a..."Oh, it is awfully … Continue reading MISS AMERICAN BANANA PUDDING?
Recentemente, per rifarmi della cotoletta impanata Doener non proprio buona, con la mia amica Carolyn ho festeggiato la mia visita a Jefferson, Maryland, con una grigliata di origine multietnica tipicamente Americana. Semplice, semplice la grigliata! Cotolette di carne di maiale preparate in una marinata di te' di karkade' Celestial Seasoning, cipolle spellate ed affettate, peperoni … Continue reading DAGLI STATI UNITI CON AMORE – LA MARINATA ROSSA E LE COTOLETTE DI CAROLYN
Moving American style cooking skills and kitchen appliances from the United States to Northern Italy is not easy. Falling in love with Italy is easy; booking a flight, packing suitcases, checking in and entering the plane... no big deal. Arriving to destination, looking around, site seeing, eating good food, drinking local wine can be inebriating, … Continue reading MOVING YOUR KITCHEN AND COOKING SKILLS FROM USA TO ITALY
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