Welcome ivillage.com readers! I’m an American living in Italy and I love to cook, eat and travel! You’ll find recipes (like My Sweet, Fried Balls of Ricotta), posts about discovering Italy (like An Army of Orecchiette on a Sunny Day in Puglia), exploring new food (like How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy), and [...]

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Note: Feed readers, there are several videos embedded in this post. Click through to the site to view them. An update from last year’s Italian Summer Music 2007 roundup: Check out my Italian Music section to immediately buy some popular albums! I usually use the FestivalBar CDs as a bit of a barometer for the [...]

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The Tour of Gelato needs your tastebuds! If you’re not familiar with the Tour del Gelato, it’s your favorite bloggers going to their favorite gelaterias in and out of Italy and telling the world about it! They link back to the Tour del Gelato blogroll, and I add the entry to the list! Yep, I [...]

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Note: I’m a bit closer to the Internet, but still not back in my own kitchen in Milan. I’ll be doing a giveaway in September when I’m back, but in the meantime, enjoy some non-giveaway posts… I get mail. Lots of it. Most of the information I send back I’ve already talked about in my [...]

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