the mAnGiAbles

Two Saturdays ago for lunch, I got to try a wonderful little restaurant called Ristorante Antico Carlone.  It’s in Trastevere which is a lo...

Let me start by saying that I don’t know how to make marsala… or better, I didn’t know I could make marsala.  When I started cooking the ...

I mentioned open air markets a couple of weeks ago. They’re a great source of fresh produce across Italy. In Acilia, where I work, the ma...

So yesterday, I wrote about the beauty of eating regional Italian food. This, of course, was promptly after I ate at a non Italian restaura...

Normally when I'm in Italy I don't eat much food that isn't Italian. I go out with my girls and we have Chinese, Japanese, Korea...

Since being in Italy I have cooked a few times.  Soon I will start cooking more. Before I was just trying to settle in and get used to my ne...