And some information about the fabled ChocoPass! When I went to Turin last time, I stopped with my father at the famous Baratti & Milano cafe’, right near the Piazza del Castello. I had eaten their chocolate before so I was familiar with them, but hadn’t been inside the cafe’ before. The cafe’ itself is [...]

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I had read something about KaDeWe (Kaufhaus des Westens) department store before arriving in Berlin. I had heard that the sixth floor was a sight to see with its large selection of food items, but to be honest, I really wasn’t prepared. Strangely on the Berlin trip I wasn’t in shopping mode which was probably [...]

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I’m sure everyone is pretty comfortable with the concept of a digestive (liquor). But did you know that you can take a digestive sugar? As I showed Shelley this past weekend in Milan, there exists something as wonderful as zucchero matricale, “medicinal/digestive sugar” here. Sugar that you can, nay, you MUST eat to make sure [...]

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UPDATE: I posted so quickly, I forgot my purpose for doing it today – to make it in time for Meeta’s Birthday Bash over at What’s For Lunch, Honey! I know everyone else is making sweets and desserts, but someone has to make a light meal before you devour the treats! Happy belated birthday, Meeta. [...]

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A few weeks ago, my friend got tickets to a recital by Mariella Devia, an Italian soprano at Teatro alla Scala. Since you remember that I sang for years (and currently can only torture my co-workers), I love live music, choirs and opera. Many of my friends studied music or are professional musicians and I [...]

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