Italian food really reflects the people. It reflects like a prism that fragments into regions. ~ Lidia Bastianich
If you’ve grown up believing fabulous plates of pasta, pizza, and bread were the greatest pleasures Italian cooking had to offer, hold on to your hats, dear foodie explorer, there’s MORE.
The foods of Naples and other cities in Southern Italy, from where the majority of Italian families in the U.S. hail, are just the tip of the iceberg….
An adventure with Japanese food not only has the power to influence your individual cooking style but, more than that, …
What keeps me motivated is not the food itself but all the bonds and memories the food represents. ~ Michael Chiarello
Have you ever noticed how the familiar taste or aroma of certain foods can transport us to the places we first experienced them?
It’s like what happens whenever I bring fresh corn tortillas home from the store. I always sniff them ~ can’t resist it and don’t want to ~ and as soon as I catch that hint of lime…
… I’m back in central Mexico, a high school student having a meal with her homestay family.
Maybe it’s the same with you.…
Nearly all the best things . . . have been unexpected, unplanned by me. ~ Carl Sandburg
The last gold rush began in 1896 when George Cormack went fishing for salmon but found gold nuggets instead. Or so the story goes.
Just like that prospector, you often come upon some of the best things when you’re looking for something else, especially while traveling.
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QUESTION: Is or isn’t California in the Southwest?Depends on who you talk to. According to the map alone, California is in the southwest.
Yet when you consider the characteristics California shares with states undeniably southwest such as Arizona and New Mexico ~ warm and dry climate, relatively sparse population ~ only the southeastern portion of the state qualifies.
Nevertheless, your Western road-trip could take you through Northern California, so YOU’VE GOT TO KNOW about the terrific food waiting for you there. …
“Good food is a celebration of life.” — Sophia Loren, actress
Uh-oh! What do you do when that special event is now just around the corner and you’re sure of only one thing:
That you want to serve a dessert that’s anything but ordinary?
Celebrating with some popular Italian sweets is a good idea.
Of course, the Italian sweets we’re talking about here are beyond the ever-popular tiramisu, fabulous butter cookies, and the creamy inside, crunchy outside phenomena known as cannoli.
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