italian cuisine

I’ve been compulsive since I was eight years old. That was the first time I had a panic attack and the first year I started doing weird things like counting the white lines painted on the streets and avoiding cracks…

The US and Italy are at polar opposite ends of pretty much every spectrum and floating between the two worlds is like hopping back and fourth in time between planets . I often say that if you could simply combine…

  As most of you know, I’ve been in Cassino with my in-laws (HOLY FUCKING SHIT!) for nearly two weeks now. We’re staying here to spend time with everyone before we head to the US for the holidays and to…

As you’ve read in My Italian In-Laws: Two Weeks In Cassino: Part 1, I’m staying with my in-laws for two weeks because I was obviously a politician in my past life and I’m being punished by God. In the last post…

On December 16th my husband and I are going to the US for the holidays. We’ll be staying for a few months to take care of some business (don’t worry I have dozens of posts saved and will post them…

This month I had three articles in The Florence News And Events. If you live in Florence you should pick it up and put my articles in your scrapbook next to photos of your dogs and children. If you are…

I often write from a cynical point of view in a tone that is best described as sardonic when I write about Italy. At some point, and this happens to everyone, the acid haze of expatriate living eventually turns into…

Honestly, I’ll never understand all of the fuss against French people. I love France. I’ve never had a bad experience and people are usually incredibly nice to me. The French are less smiley and are more direct than what Americans…

Pasta Alla Matriciana. via Pasta Alla Matriciana.