When I first decided to move to California I had visions of living in charming little cottage with a wonderful little yard and lots of plants and trees. Sitting in Boston a cold winter’s night, I used to envision myself in my new home in southern California surrounded by flowers and the sun shining all [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Cottage Comfort
Posted in California on January 31, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Winter Market
Posted in cooking, food on January 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s one of the reasons that I love living in southern California-the produce. As much as I miss a real change of seasons, I would be hard pressed to have to settle for the winter selection of produce in most of the colder parts of the country. I remember those cellophane wrapped packages of vegetables [...]
I was lucky to go to tea last week at the Four Seasons with two girlfriends. I’ve always been a tea drinker, but it was only a few years ago that I discovered the joys of a proper afternoon tea. I’m sure there are more and more places now serving “tea”, but the Four Seasons [...]
Biscotti Di Greve
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on January 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have to admit that until I became a cappuccino drinker, I was never much of a biscotti fan. Every “coffee house” seems to have a big jar of biscotti on the counter, sometimes they are even individually prepackaged. To be honest, I can’t remember ever being wowed by any of these (except at the [...]
The Rialto Market
Posted in Italy, food, travel on January 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I opened the shutters to our window and this was the scene that awaited us- the Grand Canal and the wonderful Rialto Market. As a birthday treat for J. we were staying right on the Grand Canal and to my amazement we had a bird’s eye view of the market. Not only could we spy [...]
Olio Di Oliva
Posted in Italy, cooking, food on January 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I love olive oil! Extra virgin to be exact. It’s my big extravaganze. I can say “no” to a lot of things, but when it comes to olive oil, I fall hard and fast. I’ve carried bottles of it back from Italy, although I guess now that you can’t carry liquids on board, that won’t [...]
Voglio Imparare L’Italiano/I Want To Lean Italian
Posted in Italy on January 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
School started up again last night. I’ve decided to audit the same class that I just completed in December, since there are no other grammar or conversation classes being offered. I’m not really ready to jump into a Italian literature class quite yet (plus I’d have to go to a university which would be farther [...]
La Salade Des Champignons
Posted in cooking, food, friends, recipe on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This salad was created from a food memory from many years ago. I’ve made it various times over the years and whenever I taste it, I’m transported back to the dinner where I first tasted it. I was young, with little money for a “fancy” dinner and was invited to a dinner at the Ambassador [...]
Ladies Who Lunch
Posted in cooking, food, friends, recipe on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
There’s something about going to lunch. I’ve always found it to be such a treat.I can remember when I was in college and maybe had a little extra money and I’d find a friend and we go some where for lunch. I have clear visions of a place where I would go with my great [...]
Floating to Murano
Posted in travel on January 21, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Oooh, a boat ride. Well, just about every day in la bella Venezia involves a boat ride. It might be the vaporetto (water bus) which you can use to get just about anywhere along the grand canal or it could be a traghetto, which looks more like a gondola (used while standing), to cross over [...]
