Chianti at Home
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Day 5: A Casa ~
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Grilling Lettuce ~ light it up!
[Subscribers, please click HERE to view the video from your e-mail!] Technically, it is Spring;...
Cooking in San Fran’s historic North Beach~
Gianni shooting his segment My recent PR trip to San Francisco was really wonderful because...
Get out the grill~
Or let’s grill in! It’s that time of year when half the country is still...
1 Tomato, 2 Tomato, 3 Tomato, 4 ~
Tomato 101 Here is a little “Tomato 101” video class on tomatoes ~ specifically, canned...
Let’s Bake a Cake~
La Torta di Stefano ~ Coconut Yogurt Cake with Nutella Frosting In honor of World...
Back to the Future ~ Viterbo bound
~ Returning to my now Italian home ~ Writing a book about real people and...
La Parola del Giorno ~ Tavolo
The Word of the Day ~ Table I am sure you are thinking, “What is...
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two~
~ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Happy Columbus Day! In honor of good ole Chris...
La Macchina di Santa Rosa~ una grande festa!
There was a huge festival in Viterbo, Italy, last night (Sept 3) … La Macchina...
“Beyond the Pasta” Trailer~
Below is the latest trailer for my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life...
This ain’t no rabbit food…
and Mr. McGregor isn’t going to run me off~ For the longest time, I always...
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...
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...
I’m ready for my close up~
Nonna at her finest~ Here is the last of the three videos I filmed with...
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...
‘Tis the Season…
See and download the full gallery on posterous The last tree~ Since my return from...
La Parola del Giorno–The Word of the Day–via France, Venice, and Oxford
Cazzo~ In high school I studied French—well, it would be closer to the truth to...
Tutti a tavola~
Gobble, gobble, gobble… Thanksgiving is upon us and there is nothing Italian about this very...
Siamo a Viterbo–We are in Viterbo
Ciao ciao tutti! We arrived last night in Vitero and caught Nonna leaving the house...
Italia or bust…
We’re off on the road to Viterbo~ “Pronto.” Nonna answered the phone this morning when...
“Home Sweet Home”
Home is where the heart is–but, is it? Working out of town is never easy....
La Parola del Giorno~ the Word of the Day
Disastro~ There are many Italian words whose meanings are obvious to us all. Their spellings...
Pasta del giorno…
It is more than just about the food~ For me, cooking has always been about...
To refrigerate or not to refrigerate…
(view of the other half of our kitchen, opposite the sink) (Mark’s book: Beyond the...
Italy’s most famous dessert~
La Dolce Vita~ The Sweet Life My days lately have been filled with editing the...
