When I first came over here, I was discussing holiday traditions with O and the different things we ate. He mentioned that his aunt made something that he called timballo and said how delicious it was. Since I always like to try new things, especially when they’re traditional dishes, I tried to pry the ingredients [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2009’
Wild asparagus
There are lots of reasons for people to spend time in the woods here like gathering mushrooms, hunting boar and hunting for truffles. But, in the springtime, a common activity is going out in the woods to gather wild asparagus. Now, some people have a talent for finding asparagus and others don’t. I have to [...]
Baby food
You would think that baby food would be pretty much the same wherever you go, or at least in countries with similar culinary traditions. So, I could understand baby food being different in China, but I was surprised to find so many differences between here and the US. At the age of three months, the [...]
The White Diet
That’s what often gets prescribed when you go to the doctor with stomach problems here. (Barring any other major medical issue, that is). There’s no prescription of nasty tasting liquids or powdered fizzy things that you have to drink, no pills and, thank goodness, no shots. It may sound simplistic, but really, your stomach probably [...]
And I thought I was already busy….
A little while ago I was saying how I was having a hard time getting anything done because Luigi was keeping me busy. Yes, I truly did believe that once he got to this age things would be easier, but then I find that he is such a busy child that I have to stay [...]
Tragedy
I’ve gotten numerous emails from people wondering if we are safe here in Abruzzo. First, I’d like to thank everyone for their concern. Fortunately for us, we are about 120 miles from Aquila and not along the fault line, so we did not feel the earthquake. Luigi felt it and woke us up, crying in [...]
