Summer’s Last Hurrah: Roasted Tomato Torta
Ciao tutti! Summer has been a magical whirlwind of travel, guests, family and friends. With my new kitchen now fully up and running, I have …
Ciao tutti! Summer has been a magical whirlwind of travel, guests, family and friends. With my new kitchen now fully up and running, I have …
Buon estate, tutti! The summer heat has kicked into high gear here in Pennsylvania. To ride out the ‘ondata di caldo‘ (heat wave), we have …
Montalcino may be best known for its splendid Brunello but it has some lesser known gems as well. Amongst its rolling hills fly amazing honeybees, …
Wowza – is it cold here on the east coast! I don’t ever remember it being this cold. It has been interesting to see how …
Wait – what??? It is December??? How in the world did December turn up already? Wow, I have to say this has been one of …
How can it be that summer is but a memory?? My fave season went by in a flash. Zoom-gone. The evenings are already beginning to …
A family trip to Tuscany and a lemon tree after the rain. A seed is planted. For years, whenever the family gathered, talk inevitably turned …
I have such a complicated relationship with zucchini. Each year, I say I will buy only one plant for the garden but then invariably, I …
Buona estate a tutti!! Happy summer! The summer heat is upon us and if you are like me, you are always searching for that easy …
I tend to get emotional at the farmer’s market in spring. The colors at the market turn from the winter beiges to the vibrant glorious …
I was reorganizing a few cabinets the other day and came across some old photo albums – those old photo albums that many of us …
Over the past few years, I have had a growing realization that that the things I treasured most had nothing to do with the things filling my …