Culinary escapades and other delicious adventures
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…Keep…
This weekend was Friuli DOC, la più grande rassegna enogastronomica regionale, or, “the largest food and wine festival in the region” and we’d been looking forward to this since we’d heard about it months ago. We didn’t, however, have any idea it would be as large as it was! Shame on us for underestimating! Each…Keep…
My cousin and her boyfriend drove over to visit Dave and me this weekend for a mini weekend staycation. On Saturday, we got “lost” in the Italian countryside as we tried to make our way to a winery (apparently Google doesn’t realize that the most direct route, if through an unpaved dirt road near someone’s…Keep…
An evening of Italian sparkling wine (literally called ‘the night of bubbles’) and small bites from local restaurants, all on the grounds of the Castle of Udine? Yes, please!
I’m in love with the Mercato Europeo. I’ve been dying for some farmers’ markets/traditional markets here in Udine and today (this weekend) I got my wish. I arrived as it opened and took in the myriad of booths. They closed off the street near our apartment, all the way through to the center of town,…Keep…
I’d like to take a minute (just sit right there, I’ll tell ya how I became the prince of a town called Bel-Aire) to talk about grocery shopping in Italy. Fair warning. This post is completely mundane. Because I go to the store almost daily (on account of that whole “I can only buy what…Keep…
Four days before I graduated high school, my brother broke his leg. He was trying to snag an errant throw at second on a double play during summer baseball and the kid from the other team slid right into him and broke his leg so badly, he had to have (and still has) a metal…Keep…
I’m always looking for a good excuse to try new recipes and Valentine’s Day seemed like the perfect occasion
The sun finally came out today! Hooray! I’m sitting here with the windows wide open— never mind that it’s a breezy 55–day. I don’t even care. It’s sunny! On Sunday night, one of Dave’s classmates (and his wife) invited everyone over for wine and heavy apps which was very nice of them. It also gave…Keep…