Greetings. It has been way too long since I have posted any recipes. I have been doing a little cooking, doing a lot of the work that pays the bills, and spending as much time as possible with one big change. This post is about that change, a new place in the country that is […]

In addition to regional food traditions, Italy has a significant cultural food tradition – Italy’s Jewish food. I thought I had the cookbook The Classic Cuisine of the Italian Jews somewhere, but apparently I don’t. I do know that I have given it as a gift, and I received my copy of Cucina Ebraica as […]

It took a lot longer than I expected when I started down this path of “traveling” to every region of Italy through food. When this began, I had this notion I would start in the North West and move through the regions in a logical fashion as if we were actually traveling. Obviously that didn’t […]

This is it, this is the last destination of my attempt to cook something from each of the twenty regions in Italy. And no, I’m not going to start trying to do each province within the regions next. Molise ended up last for a few reasons. I’ve never been there. I know very little about […]

When I started down this path of virtual travels, one of the first “trips” was to Trentino-Alto Adige, but then I never did a post about it. That “trip” involved beer-braised beef and a side of whole grain spaetzle. The bacon/onion braise was quite good. Neither looked particularly good in photos, and the whole grain […]