November is ending and I’ve survived a month of blogging every day! I set the goal for myself even though I didn’t officially sign up for NaBloPoMo, and I did it. Today as the month winds down, I’m thinking peaceful thoughts and find myself wishing I was somewhere on the Amalfi coast. My first trip [...]
Archive for November, 2007
Thoughts On The Amalfi Coast
Posted in Italy, travel on November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »
In The Kitchen
Posted in cooking, food, friends, recipe on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Time for a party! The YaYas are getting together and I’m bringing the hors d’oeuvres. I originally thought I might contribute the vegetable course and make the stuffed pumpkin again, but I really do love to make appetizers so I commited to that instead. When I was catering I had a list a mile long [...]
The Edge Of Town-Calitri
Posted in Calitri, Italy, travel on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It’s amazing to me that a little over two years ago when we were planning our trip to Italy, with a quick excursion to Calitri to see my grandparents’ birthplace, there was virtually no information available on the town. We would scour the internet for any details on the area and we barely found a [...]
California Dreaming
Posted in food, travel on November 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
We’re planning a road trip. Growing up on the east coast where the states are much smaller and in a matter of hours you can pass through three or four, I’m always amazed by the size of the state of Califonia. We’re thinking of driving to San Francisco some time in December. If we take [...]
The Great Stuffed Pumpkin
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Marlena de Blasi’s first book about her life in Italy “A Thousand Days In Venice” is one of my favorites. Not only am I mesmerized by her story of getting to live and love in Italy, but she has a true passion for food and cooking and I want to get up and cook after [...]
The Dinner Party
Posted in cooking, friends on November 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
What makes a good dinner party? Is it that puff pastry that you’ve slaved over for hours to impress your guests? Or is it that well known author who’s been your friend since high school and everyone wants to meet? Or maybe it’s the beautiful tableware that you had shipped home from that little town [...]
Il Vino Italiano
Posted in Italy on November 24, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I love Italian wine! My husband is a huge fan of California reds and there’s always a great selection of those at our house, but I want to drink Italian red wine. There’s just something about the depth of flavor that entices me. Here in California most of the great Italian reds are unfortuantely really [...]
Italy-During The War
Posted in Italy on November 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have to be honest. I don’t really know too much factual information about Italy during the Second World War, but I do know that the people of the country suffered miserably under German occupation and since the Germans were there, of course there was endless bombing by the Allied forces in their attempt to [...]
Giving Thanks
Posted in food, friends on November 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, today is a really big food day for those of us in the US, but more importantly it’s about being with friends and family. It’s about looking back on the year and reflecting on what’s happened and what has been good and what has been hard. And more than that, it’s about giving thanks [...]
What’s Cooking?
Posted in cooking, recipe on November 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Okay, this is supposed to be a blog about food and so far I haven’t written much about what I’ve been cooking. There’s a good reason for that-I’ve been down with a cold and haven’t really had the energy to get into the kitchen. That’s when you know I’m under the weather-I always cook!
Thanksgiving is [...]
