OK, so I’m a little bit behind since I was extremely busy the end of the week. So, unfortunately, I missed Friday’s serving of Buffalo wings that Judy cooked up for us at Over a Tuscan Stove. I’m definitely going to have to make these for O. He loves chicken wings and anything spicy. I’ve [...]
Posts from ‘May, 2008’
The Power of “3″
Without thinking about it, if you were to indicate the number three using your fingers, how would you do it? Strangely enough, we don’t all do this the same. While at a friend’s house a while ago, someone asked O a question that I don’t really remember and the answer was “3″. Instead of responding [...]
Stranger than Fiction
Everyone hears about all the “usual” pregnancy side-effects – morning sickness, tiredness, backache, etc. But there are some pretty strange ones too. I was lucky enough to not have morning sickness – thank goodness – but I have been afflicted with some other, rather strange things that I never expected. Suffice it to say, that [...]
Made in America…. Time to make the doughnuts!
OK, so I’m sitting here drooling just looking at the pictures of the doughnuts that Judith made. They look absolutely delicious and are sure to be better than anything you can get at Krispy Kreme or Dunkin’ Donuts. Of course, we don’t have either of those shops here and we don’t have doughnuts. So, head [...]
Born with a “lucky” shirt on..
There’s a saying in Italian, “nato con la camicia” that is often translated as “born with a silver spoon in one’s mouth”, but those two phrases aren’t interchangeable. In English, when we say that someone was born with a silver spoon in their mouth, we’re basically saying that they were born into a rich family. [...]
Vrrr…….
Since it’s about time to put the winter clothes away and get out the summer clothes, I picked up a couple of Italian Space bags the other day. You know, the ones that you use your vacuum to remove the air and it packs everything down. I have to say I was a bit disappointed [...]
Ginestra
At this time of year, the hills around here are full of color with purple, red and yellow flowers blooming all over. One of the plants that grows wild in this area is the ginestra or “broom” plant. The latin name of the plant is cytisus scoparius (in Italian, “scopa” means broom – just don’t [...]
Made in America – Crab Cakes or Tortini di Granchio
Friday has rolled around again which means another American recipe Made in Italy. It wasn’t hard to think of what I would like to treat myself too if I were on a trip back to the States – one of my all-time favorites and definitely all-American …. crab cakes. Of course, I had to search [...]
Red light, Green light, No light
Today I have to drive into Vasto. Now, that may not sound like much of a big deal to you and it really shouldn’t. After all, Vasto isn’t a big city (population about 35,000), but I avoided driving into the center of town up until last week when I had to make my way in, [...]
Madonna del Canneto
Saturday was a glorious day so we headed down to one of my favorite local places, Canneto. The Madonna del Canneto sanctuary is located outside of the town of Roccavivara in the Molise and is about 10 minutes away from us by car. According to the plaque found on the church grounds, it was built [...]
