The town of Norcia lies nestled up against the hills at the very eastern border of Umbria, right near the edge of the Sibillini mountain range. It’s a beautiful wooded area perfect for hiking and enjoying the outdoors, but that’s not what drew me there. I had Norcia on my list as a place to [...]
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Have You Been To Norcia?
Posted in Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, food, travel on June 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Carciofi Alla Romana
Posted in Restaurants/Hotels, cooking, food, recipe on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m lucky to live in an area where I can find locally grown artichokes at the farmers’ market. The above photo was taken in Italy, but it could have been taken here, as we’ve had gorgeous artichokes for the past month or so. The ones sold here are mostly the larger ones and unlike [...]
Calitri Dreams
Posted in Calitri, Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, family, travel on May 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I think back to our very brief visit to Calitri three and a half years ago. This hill town in the Avellino province of Campania was the birthplace of both my mother’s parents. As a child I knew they were from Italy, but I was too young to ask them about where they had come [...]
Living And Working The Dream In Le Marche
Posted in Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, food, friends, travel on April 22, 2009 | 5 Comments »
A little over a year ago I was planning a trip to visit the Le Marche region of Italy. Not being at all familiar with this locale, I was unsure as to what areas we should visit and where we should stay. I knew we wanted to make a stop in Urbino, but decided to [...]
La Locandiera-Ascoli Piceno
Posted in Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, food, travel on April 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A few nights ago while out for a celebratory dinner, I started reminiscing about a dinner we had exactly a year ago in the lovely city of Ascoli Piceno. It was J.’s birthday and we were lucky to get a recommendation from Valerie and Bryan who were living there at the time. They mentioned a [...]
Finally, Real Pizza!
Posted in California, Restaurants/Hotels, food on January 27, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Years ago when I moved from the northeast to southern California I knew there would be things I had to give up-snow days, raincoats, autumn leaves, but there was one thing that no one had prepared me for-no good pizza! I can’t remember how long I was here when I finally figured it out-there was [...]
Calitri-Il Pranzo
Posted in Calitri, Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, travel on August 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Our stay in Calitri was much too brief, but we knew we would be back again. I had gone to see the place where my grandparents were born and really should have planned on staying longer, but not knowing much about the area (and not having a car), we had only planned an overnight. Unfortunately [...]
Banana Cake
Posted in California, Restaurants/Hotels, cooking, food, recipe on August 19, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Bananas ripening in the bowl on the counter usually means banana bread. Last week I saw a recipe in the Los Angeles Times for a banana cake topped with a light cream cheese frosting and the thought of anything with cream cheese frosting, just does it for me. The recipe came from “Clementine“, a [...]
Le Memorie
Posted in Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, travel on August 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Punta Regina. An intimate albergo in Positano. Incredible sunsets over the very blue sea. Cool breezes blowing in through the patio doors. Lazing with a book and a drink on this sofa. The magic of forgetting about the rest of the world. Sheer joy in knowing that we are here and this place is one [...]
Campo Santa Margherita-Venezia
Posted in Italy, Restaurants/Hotels, travel on June 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It was our first trip to Italy and our last night Venice. We set out from our hotel in the Dosoduro district on a search of somewhere to eat dinner. We wandered around and around walking down small alleys, getting throughly lost. We had no destination in mind and only hoped that we would know [...]
