Michele, Author at Our Italian Table

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, …

Brighten Your Winter Day: Roasted Cauliflower and Kale Soup

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 …

Winter. In all its frosty glory…how I pine for spring! To be fair, winter in my hood has been fairly mild this year. No snow …

Buon anno, tutti!! With the holidays behind us, many of us have gone a bit overboard with the continual stream of cakes, cookies, libations and …