Wouldn’t it be great to have a wood fired pizza oven out in the back yard? It certainly would be, but I don’t see it happening any time soon. First of all, my yard is probably too small to have such an intense heat producer so close to the house. Secondly, they are pretty [...]
Archive for May, 2009
Wood Fired Oven?
Posted in cooking, food on May 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Chocolate And Pine Nut Cookies
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on May 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I’m a fan of pine nuts. We have them toasted in our salad most nights, but I’ve only used them once before in baking. I made delicious pine nut cookies, reminiscent of something your Italian grandmother might make. We loved them, but a friend confided that she doesn’t like pine nuts in anything sweet. [...]
Market Inspiration
Posted in Italy, cooking, food on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was unsure of what to cook for dinner. I figured that something would come to me and in the meantime decided to look through my photos for some blogging inspiration. There it was- a photo I had taken at the farmers’ market and I immediately knew what we’d be eating-a pasta dish from the [...]
First Of The Season
Posted in cooking, food on May 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I know that it’s early to be touting the glory of fabulous tomatoes, but hey, this is southern California and although we have tomatoes growing all year right down the street from us, this is the first time since last summer that I’ve made a purchase. I’m not saying “oh my God” these [...]
In The Kitchen with Rhubarb
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on May 25, 2009 | 6 Comments »
I have to admit that I’m a rhubarb novice. Not only have I never cooked or baked with it, but I’ve only eaten it once and that was years ago. For the past few weeks I’ve been eyeing these beautiful green and reddish stalks that are stacked in a pile at my farmers’ market. Usually [...]
A Calitri Relative?
Posted in Calitri, Italy, family on May 23, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Today on the way to my Italian lesson I listened to a new CD that I ordered- a mix of songs by various Italian singers. There was one song that I really loved and so I grabbed the cover to see who it was and his name was Vinicio Capossela. His [...]
Calling All Calitri Lovers
Posted in Calitri, Italy, friends, travel on May 21, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Even though I won’t be spending time in my grandparents’ hometown of Calitri this summer, I can get a good glimpse of what’s going on there by checking out Jason’s blog- Un Calitrano Sordo. Earlier this week Jason arrived in Calitri from his home in Arizona. He’ll be living and working there for the next [...]
Santa Barbara Sojourn
Posted in California on May 20, 2009 | 3 Comments »
We’re celebrating our anniversary and seeing that jumping on a plane and heading over to Genius Loci in Umbria wasn’t possible, we decided to do another favorite thing and so we drove up to Santa Barbara. We love this area and have a small inn that we discovered some years back, but not before staying [...]
Sienna Sky
Posted in Italy, travel on May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
It was one of those days where one moment it was sunny and the next rain was coming down, almost sideways, as the wind was blowing like crazy. There was no chance of using an umbrella-we had seen too many blown inside out and figured why bother. We rounded a corner and there was the [...]
What’s Up With Tuscany?
Posted in Italy, friends, travel on May 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been thinking back to planning our first trip to Italy. I had visions of traveling there long before we actually went, but I have to admit that initially I had no idea where we should go. J. assumed that Tuscany was on the top of my list. Of course I wanted to go there [...]
