All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Festa Italiana’

What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a happenin’ ~

Posted Nov 4 2010 by Mark Leslie in  with 4 Comments

Beyond the Pasta - Crostada di Marmellata taken by Frutto della Passione

Besides all of the personal e-mails I am receiving from people who are enjoying the book and finding the recipes very easy and delicious, there have recently been some online reviews that I thought I’d share. Frutta della Passione is a wonderful blog written by a woman living in Italy. She reviewed the book and cooked four of the recipes …

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“Suckered” into loving breakfast~

Posted Oct 4 2010 by Mark Leslie in  with 2 Comments

Lola, Seattle- Beyond the Pasta, Mark leslie

My second day in Seattle started off with the unusual. In the block up the street from my Seattle hotel was a restaurant named Lola. It came recommended as a great dinner spot by my publicist, who had been to Seattle two weeks prior. “Go to Lola – one of the best meals I have had in a very long …

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It’s a party ~ Italian-style!

Posted Sep 27 2010 by Mark Leslie in  with 2 Comments

Seattle's Space Needle- Beyond the Pasta

I spent this past weekend in Seattle for the Festa Italiana and it was incredibly fun! I missed the grape stomp – I’ll guess I’ll have to wait until next year before I break out my inner Lucille Ball to have a grape battle in a vat! Here is some video footage I put together about the weekend. Divertiti! – …

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