One of my favorite things about living abroad was the visiting the farmers’ markets for fresh, garden-grown fruits and veggies (and baguettes, and cheese and the list goes on…). The French were especially strong in this area, with markets in each neighborhood on practically every day of the week. I’d walk to each one, but […]
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Who better to teach us how to make pasta than the Italians? This was something I’d been dying to do since we had arrived. I even looked into enrolling in cooking school for visa purposes when we were getting ready to move here. But all of the schools were not cheap. As I was reading […]
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Since Italy has such a wide range of cuisines, varying by region, I’ve decided that cooking my way through the country is the best way to discover them all. This week, I’m bringing Emilia Romagna to my kitchen. For a look at some of the other regions I’ve explored, read more in the series. Emilia […]
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Last week, I decided to cook my way through Italy and explore the various regional cuisines of the country. This is the first of my attempts, focused on the region of Friuli Venezia Guilia. A few weeks ago, Dave and I went out to dinner at a small osteria down the street and I had […]
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As someone who enjoys cooking, I’m always looking for some new recipes to try and bonus if they are Italian, in the sense that I can find the necessary ingredients here. A few months ago, I came across this blog post titled, There’s No Such Thing As Italian Food and I was intrigued. Living in […]
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