Let’s Bake a Cake~
La Torta di Stefano ~ Coconut Yogurt Cake with Nutella Frosting In honor of World...
my book
Back to the Future ~ Viterbo bound
~ Returning to my now Italian home ~ Writing a book about real people and...
An evening spent around a table~
Earlier in September I spent a wonderful evening at The Book Shelf in Winona, Minnesota,...
La Macchina di Santa Rosa~ una grande festa!
There was a huge festival in Viterbo, Italy, last night (Sept 3) … La Macchina...
On the way to the top~
See and download the full gallery on posterous Put one step in front of the...
“Beyond the Pasta” Trailer~
Below is the latest trailer for my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life...
Publishers Weekly mentions Beyond the Pasta~
I am very excited to announce that my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language &...
This ain’t no rabbit food…
and Mr. McGregor isn’t going to run me off~ For the longest time, I always...
“M”… “I”… “C”…
“See you in Siena…” I have been thinking about Siena lately—Alessandra’s brother Luca, who lives...
La Parola del Giorno…The Word of the Day~
Salsicce~ “Marco, oggi facciamo salsicce per il pranzo,” Nonna said one morning as I finished...
There’s a fungus among us~
Funghi…Mushrooms~ “Hey, you sure are a fun guy,” my sixth-grade science teacher would say, trying...
Buona festa della madre
Happy Mother’s Day~ My very first trip to Italy was in 2001. Richard and...
Whether red and sauced or green and fried…
A tomato is still a tomato~ Fannie Flagg has written an endorsement for the book’s...
Let’s get cookin’!
Sugo…a.k.a. Pasta Sauce~ Ciao Tutti! I thought I’d post a little online cooking tutorial...
Le Parole del Giorno~ The Words of the Day~
MOSCA e ZANZARA~ The weather has been absolutely perfect this past week here in the...
Italian pride~
Caravaggio~ Today a good friend is traveling to Italy to spend a month in Rome...
We have a publisher!
via gemellipress.blogspot.com Hardbound baby~ I am very excited to announce that my manuscript now has...
Waiting is the hardest part~
Clang, clang, clang went the trolley~ Standing on a platform waiting for a train in...
Lesson Number 2~
Nonna cooks Pollo con Limone~ Recently, I received an e-mail from Alessandra filling me in...
La Parola del Giorno~ The Word of the Day~
STUPEFACENTE~ This is one of my favorite Italian words, if only for the fact that...
Lesson Number 1:
Le presento Nonna~ The New Year has started and we are all in a deep...
The long and winding road~
The book’s the thing… It is cold and rainy here today and I just received...
Italia or bust…
We’re off on the road to Viterbo~ “Pronto.” Nonna answered the phone this morning when...
Pasta del giorno…
It is more than just about the food~ For me, cooking has always been about...
Italy’s most famous dessert~
La Dolce Vita~ The Sweet Life My days lately have been filled with editing the...
“Beyond the Pasta” takes a step forward~
Biba Caggiano says, “Mark, you have captured the essence of the Italian people.” via biba-restaurant.com...
“All it takes is some flour and a couple of eggs…”
“There is nothing as simple as, or more difficult than, the beginning.”~ Starting something completely...
