Here’s one of those simple recipes that requires some time to prep, but delivers delicious bites full of everything summer. Yet, in its simplicity, it calls for great produce. Continue reading
Tag Archives: food meditations
#ItalianFlavors :: The Broccoletti Meditation (with recipe)
This year I chose to keep my new year resolutions as basic as possible: rise early, meditate and eat healthy(ish). Hoping to be persistent and thinking that I could always add up to the list 😎 Best tip? “Start easy. I’ve learned to put my lofty goals aside and start with the easy-peasy” ~Christian Allaire … Continue reading
Badi come parli :: “Lu vrudett” abruzzese
Datemi “na tijelle de cocce e du pesciarill” della costa abruzzese e vi riverso il Mare Adriatico in un piatto unico nel suo genere: “il Brodetto di pesce”. Ora, che sia di origine vastese (Vasto, CH) o che venga rivendicato lungo tutta la nostra costa poco importa, perchè infine trovarsi al cospetto di un simile … Continue reading
Traveling Gluten-Free in Italy… with a Basic Vocabulary
#GF Travel Tips Whether you’re living with celiac disease or simply avoiding gluten for one reason or another, here are my three main things to consider before embarking on your next adventure… Gluten-Free Travel Tips via InStyle.com Continue reading
Dreamin’ of #JamieOliver’s Sweet Potato Muffins
They say “you are what you eat” hence we thought that recipe testing could be a tasty way to freshen up. We were prepared for “Curiosity killed the cat” – “but satisfaction brought it back” was what we were hoping for 😉 You need to know that it’s a rather complex task to persuade Italians … Continue reading
La Grande Quercia :: Harvesting time and family recipes
Since I was a child, summer has always been the synonym for two things: school term end and harvesting time. Now that school days are – alas! – a faraway memory, harvesting time still retains its fascination to me, who I was brought up in a small village and I spent my summer vacations at … Continue reading
Italy’s beloved “aperitivo” culture and the art of cooking on “fumarole”
Keep it seasonal… Top 10 tips for healthy Italian cooking via BBC Good Food On happy hour street style and Italy’s beloved aperitivo culture… Italy travel tips :: Prosecco Road and Happy Hour Street Style via Food Meditations “Stop the complaining, stop the insults, let’s do it,”… Actor’s call for colossal cleanup inspires Roman citizens … Continue reading
Food Photography :: Eat your veggies…
“The single greatest lesson the garden teaches is that our relationship to the planet need not be zero-sum, and that as long as the sun still shines and people still can plan and plant, think and do, we can, if we bother to try, find ways to provide for ourselves without diminishing the world. ” … Continue reading
