Anyone who really knows me, knows that I am crazy for chocolate. Every day around 3:30 in the afternoon I’m on the hunt for chocolate-any kind. It can be the luscious, expensive type or it can be semi-sweet chips out of the bag. I just need to have a little bit and I’m satisfied.
As soon [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Baci Di Cioccolato
Posted in cookbooks, cooking, food, recipe on September 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Cooking With Rhubarb
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Before this summer, I had never even purchased rhubarb. I would see those red and green celery type stalks at the farmers market and wonder what people did with them. Week after week I would glance over at them while paying for avocados or squash and finally I decided to take the plunge and make [...]
Gratitude Friday
Posted in Arezzo, Italy on September 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am eternally grateful for the time that I spent in this tiny classroom with my teachers and classmates. These are some of the wonderful and interesting people that I had the privilege of spending four hours a day with for a month as we struggled to communicate in our common language-Italian. Many days [...]
Un Regalo Per Me-A Gift For Me
Posted in Italy, cooking, food, friends on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Or another good title for this post would be: How To Make A Foodie Happy. Can you guess how that it is? Well, I’ll fill you in-give me a gift of food. A few days ago I was down in San Diego’s Little Italy for my weekly meeting with my tutor (and now la [...]
Desperation Dinners
Posted in cooking, food on September 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
If you are the person who usually cooks the evening meal at your house, then you know what I’m talking about. There are those nights when you either have no idea of what you’re going to make, or you’ve decided on a dish only to realize that you’re missing a key ingredient and have to [...]
Cerca Sapori
Posted in Italy, cooking, food on September 21, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Cerca Sapori-my new favorite show on Rai- Italian TV. For a long time I was tuning into a cooking show (La Prova del Cuoco) that was part cooking and part Italian comic relief with the audience bursting into song at various times during the episode. I grew to love this show. One segment was a [...]
Gratitude Friday & Where I Want To Be
Posted in friends on September 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I am dedicating this post to my incredible friend L. who has opened her home and her heart to us year after year. We met many years ago-I was her boss and I was initially a little intimidated by her because I thought a she was friends with the workplace bully! It didn’t take me [...]
The Color Of Time
Posted in Italy, style on September 17, 2009 | 5 Comments »
I laugh to myself when I see people here in California trying to make their houses look old. They hire artists to color and shade and make faux finishes and as talented as these people might be, there’s just no way that that one can replicate what happens naturally over time. I love the look [...]
Dream A Little Dream…
Posted in Italy, travel on September 16, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Well, of course this hidden hamlet must be somewhere in Italy if I’m dreaming about being there. Yes, I will be there at some point, staring out at these hills. Hiking to a stream so pure that you can actually drink the water. Strolling into the tiny borgo to have my morning cappuccino. Learning to [...]
Quick and Easy Peach Cake
Posted in cooking, food, recipe on September 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
End of summer-get your seasonal produce while it lasts! Peaches-I love just eating them standing over the sink with the juice running down my arm, but they’re even better to bake with. I needed a dessert to take to brunch on Sunday at the home of my blogging friend L., from Cucina Cara Mia.
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