by DHales | Feb 22, 2017 | art, Books, culture, Food and Drink, history, Italy, Language, Religion, Romance, Sayings and expressions, Social behavior, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
CarnevaleCarnival For centuries the pre-Lent festivities of carnevale sumptuously celebrated “carne,” a word that translates as both "meat' and "flesh." However, the name comes specifically from the Latin for meat...
by DHales | Jun 6, 2016 | Books, Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Sayings and expressions, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Il miele Honey On the slopes of Mt. Etna last summer, my husband and I stopped at a roadside stand where a young boy was selling local honey (il miele locale) that we sampled with tiny wooden spoons. But it wasn’t until un evento gastronomico (a gastronomic event) at...
