Michelle at Bleeding Espresso has been hosting a virtual tour of Italy over on her blog and I was honored that she asked me to take part. Today it’s my turn to introduce you to Abruzzo. So, hop on over and check it out. And if you haven’t done so already, read about some of [...]
Posts from ‘August, 2010’
Crispy Oven-Baked Zucchini
Several years ago, I worked as an IT Call Center Manager. Many of you may not realize it, but it’s actually a very stressful job or, at least, it was where I worked. Our calls ranged from the mundane to the critical where we had a store with all of the registers not working and [...]
Mrs. Clean where are you?
Did you know that Italians have the cleanest homes in Europe? That’s rather daunting for a slacker like me. Yes, I admit it, I don’t have the cleanest house around and I definitely don’t measure up to the rest of the Italians. So, it’s no surprise when I say that I feel rather self-conscious when [...]
Homecoming month
They come in droves and the population of all the little towns in the area triples and even quadruples. These misplaced Abruzzese now live in various places like Milan, Bologna, Florence, or even further away like Belgium, France, Germany, Australia and the United States. They, or in some cases their parents, left in search of [...]
Crispy Risotto Croquettes
I promised a second dish made from my leftover tomato and pepper risotto. First though, I have to give credit to my inspiration. There are two different dishes that consist of fried balls of rice here in Italy. One is the supplì and the other is the arancino. The supplì is more of a football [...]
Don’t give me that!
OK, so I’ve got a gripe. What is it with people who think they can just give things to your child? I know that most of the time it’s not done to be nasty, but sometimes I just wish people would stop and think first. The other day I wrote about Luigi being sugar sensitive. [...]
Tomato and Pepper Risotto
Every day we’ve got a glut of garden produce. Not that I’m complaining, mind you, but besides freezing and canning, I’ve been using them in various dishes. It’s nice to know where the produce came from and how it was grown. On one of his last trips out to the garden O brought back a [...]
Hold the sugar
It seems the Luigi is very sensitive to sugar. We didn’t discover this right away because we actually don’t give him very much sugar to begin with, so it wasn’t obvious. He doesn’t get any packaged cakes, no sugary cereal and we’re not constantly giving him candy like I notice other kids eating. Maybe it [...]
Moooooo
I absolutely love animals. When I was growing up, I can remember wanting to have all kinds of animals around me, and not just the usual dogs and cats. No, I wanted a pony (of course) and a ferret, a squirrel and a rabbit, and a host of other animals. Once I even got all [...]
Polenta! Who knew?
When I was about 4 years old, we went to my grandmother’s house for dinner one night in the middle of the week. Once we sat down at the table, she spooned a lumpy yellow semi-liquid substance on my plate and topped it with a spoonful of tomato sauce. I won’t tell you what it [...]
