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
FROM USA WITH LOVE
AMERICAN HONEY, PEANUTS AND MORE …
The North American SOUTH is a place where teas are sweet and people smile and call you "honey" with a slow drawl. It is where summers start in April, where macaroni-cheese and grits are served as a "vegetable." It is where front porches have swing benches and people speak softly and long...where peach cobbler, pecan … Continue reading AMERICAN HONEY, PEANUTS AND MORE …
VIRGINIA’S OCEAN AND SWEET SALT WATER TAFFY
I love entering and staying in Norfolk, Virginia! Seeing the water properties with their individual piers and sailboats lined up; driving through the long Hampton Bridge Tunnel that swallows cars and sounds of radios; leaving behind the misty background of the huge Navy carriers stationed at the Norfolk Navy Base; glancing at Hampton Bay Bridge's … Continue reading VIRGINIA’S OCEAN AND SWEET SALT WATER TAFFY
FROM WASHINGTON D.C. TO NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH
Recently several friends asked me to write blogs about food and traveling around North America and Northern Italy. And here they are; I named them "from USA with Love" and "The Northern Italian Weekender." Traveling from the US Capital of Washington D.C. on June 25 I headed south in direction Mississippi. I passed Norfolk and … Continue reading FROM WASHINGTON D.C. TO NORFOLK AND VIRGINIA BEACH
CULINARY ROOTS & RECIPES™ 