Am I the only nincompoop who’s gotten on the wrong train before? In all honesty it’s happened to me twice (that I can remember). Once last year in Torino and again just…
Food
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Do you remember some crazy places where you’ve had a drink? When I was a student in Florence back in 2002 I had a few bridge drinking incidents. Let’s be…
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Can you guess what freshly dried ingredient this is!? Are you into slow cooking? Have you even heard of it before? Well, I recently spent a day cooking and eating slow…
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I’m a sucker for pici pasta, especially pici al cacio e pepe Let’s be honest, eating is everyone’s favorite part about vacation, right?! Visiting museums and churches are all dandy,…
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I’ve always heard how couples, maybe women more so than men, gain weight during their first year of marriage. According to a year of personal research I can attest that…
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If you’re looking for something that’ll keep you cool and more than alert all summer long then sip on a caffè shakerato. Shakerato meaning ‘shaked’, an Italian-ish word that’s quite…
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Grappa’s a funny thing. Actually, it’s not that funny more like fire down your throat funny if you don’t choose wisely. I’m a lover of limoncello, but have always wanted…
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I finally got to eat here! It hasn’t taken a whole year to get here because it’s far from my house or open at odd hours, but because there’s always…
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If you’ve lived abroad for more than a few months you might notice hunger pains for pastime snacks that were everyday commodities back home. In Italy there’s a shortage of cupcakes and…