Restaurants

I’m bad at ‘vacationing’. I go all out. Maximum speed. I’m even known to work on vacation. You’re about to tell me to get a life, right?! My recent trip…

  There’s a new style of entertaining in Florence and it involves a culinary escape. Paolo Dellafiore, co-owner of The Food Studio invited me for a night of Mexican delight…

I recently came back from Southern Oregon—more exciting news about that next month—and had the pleasure of spending an afternoon at one of the most beautiful Oregon wineries in Rogue Valley.…

Let me say that my nieces are adorable, but picky! The 11 year old hates onions and any dish with more than three ingredients, while the 6 year old is allergic to…

I recently had an amazing lunch experience and what shocked me more was that it’s right by my house! Thanks to Nardia from Lost in Florence, she had me discover…

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…

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,…

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…

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…