by Dianne Hales | Feb 16, 2021 | amore, Books, books on Italy, cookbooks, culture, food, Food and Drink, Italian folklore, Italian language, Italy, Language, learning Italian, love in Italy, Roman history, Romance, Rome, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
I went to Rome this week. I savored local specialties like spaghetti alla carbonara and saltimbocca alla romana. I strolled through the lively markets of Testaccio and Campo de’ Fiori. I garnered tips on cooking pasta al dente (it should resist the tooth—but the tooth...
by DHales | Jul 29, 2016 | Books, culture, Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
I segreti in cucina di Viola In the lemon-yellow kitchen of the Italian Consulate in San Francisco, the extraordinary chef Viola Buitoni shared the seafood recipes that her mother had taught her in their summer house by the sea. Every dish, made from scratch by...
by DHales | Apr 7, 2014 | Food and Drink, Health, history, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
oliva olive The mythic Greek gods Athena and Poseidon once argued over who would rule the city of Attica. Zeus, the father of the gods, declared that the new ruler would be the one who could present him with a discovery that would most benefit mankind. Athena...
by DHales | Mar 24, 2012 | Books, Food and Drink, Italy, Language, Travel, Web/Tech, Weblogs
Il ricettario de “Il sole della Toscana” The Tuscan Sun Cookbook Some people win you over with "hello"; some books, with an irresistible cover or title. Frances Mayes had me with one spell-binding sentence about the choreography of the kitchen...
