Category: Food

In my last post I was corrected in my misspelling of Emilia-Romagna by Garbriele (thanks, Garbriele). He lives in Salsomaggiore Terme in that region of Italy (the equivalent of states in the U.S.). His is a modest size city (about 20,000 inhabitants) with a VERY impressive thermal bath facility as you can see. It made […]

Can anyone imagine an Italy without coffee. Of course not! The place would grind to a halt. It would almost be like a science fictiony movie with a time warp. People would be striding through thick air. With coffee, though, there’s a lot of hustle. Besides, the bar (our cafe’ ) is the center of […]

Some time ago one of my regular readers, Dana, told me that she was going to Italy for a month. Oh, my, how envious I was. She knows a number of people there and traveled to several locales. She generously agreed to do a guest post – a first for this site. I unfortunately got […]

A Happy New Year to all and like people everywhere there are some specific things that Italians do. Eating is of course high on the list for any Italian and  there are specific foods that are traditional for Capodanno. We all wish for good luck in the New Year – hope springs eternal than it […]