When portable phones became popular, callers did not say “How are you?” any more but “Where are you?” Being somewhere else from the landline phone device was (then) so weird that the first question did not concern how you were but rather the place you were answering from. Twenty-some years later, with our ubiquitous smartphones … Continue reading
Come glielo spieghi a uno del Nord che da noi il Natale non è il 25 Dicembre ma è quel periodo che va da lu 7 di dicembre a lu 6 di Gennaio? [Christmas celebration in Abruzzo versus the rest of Italy 😉 Click here!] Continue reading
One of the most nonsensical (and funniest) scenes from Jim Jarmusch’s movie Down by Law (Daunbailò for Italian cinema lovers) is when our Oscar-winning director Roberto Benigni takes his notebook out of his pocket (it was an actual notebook, not a computer!) and gets confused between scream and ice cream. Continue reading
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Cream Peach Cookies ⭐ Recipe in EN… Le pesche all’alchermes sono un classico dolcetto della tradizione italiana. Di origine romagnola, ma diffuse in tutte le regioni italiane, mi ricordano l’infanzia perché presenti un po’ in tutte le feste, dal Natale alla Pasqua e poi alla Festa della mamma. Sono delle semisfere di biscotto ripiene di … Continue reading
I “cillarichijene” ossia “celli ripieni” sono originari del Teramano ma si trovano (e si mangiano) ovunque sul territorio abruzzese. Secondo la tradizione contadina venivano offerti in occasione di matrimoni ma ora si realizzano principalmente nel periodo natalizio. Continue reading
Appetibilis Q&A :: Work and life stories, while sitting around a table with friends :: Meet Chef Giorgia Grillo, my “Gambero Rosso Schools” classmate. Owner of “Nero Vaniglia”, a lovely Cafè-Pastry-Shop in Garbatella, a charming roman area a little off-the-beaten-track, yet… Continue reading
Christmas is coming, so are Christmas cakes. Some of them can be savored only during the Holiday Season: just think of Pandoro and Panettone. Nobody has either one of them before December or after January… Continue reading
