Category: Food

One one of my posts long ago I professed love for a supermarket (really super) not far from where I live: Berkeley Bowl. Part of it’s spectacular array of produce is a mushroom section with more varieties than I have ever seen. So I finally decided that I really must sample some of the mushrooms. […]

I am finally breaking my long blog silence to sing the praise of gorgonzola. Yes, that delicious Italian cheese revered by many and unfortunately shunned by too many. Why would one not like gorgonzola? Surely for the same reason that people don’t like anchovies (eew too strong a taste), lamb (ditto) and game meats (wild […]

It’s not often that you have lunch with a pig, at least not one that is part of what’s on your plate. But Jessica has a pet pig. It all started with Davide, one of the best teachers at the school who has, alas, moved on to other things. In any case Davide introduced me […]

Well, not my mother. That would be impossible.  Last weekend I went with my friend and teacher, Claudia, from the school to visit her mother in Mesola. I had exchanged emails with her mother when I was still in California and enjoyed our exchanges. One weekend, some weeks ago, her mother Cinzia came to Bologna […]