Menu for Hope V & Your Europe Regional Host

December 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments

UPDATE: Menu for Hope has been extended until December 31st! I’m a big fan of the Menu for Hope, and I’ve participated the past two years by donating a prize, and this year I’m honored to be the host for Europe for Menu for Hope V. Menu for Hope has gotten a bit of a [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Menu for Hope

The Best Holiday Cookie Swap Ever

December 9th, 2008 · 10 Comments

Ok, maybe not ever, but in my time in Italy, yes. And we’ve only just begun…(cue music). Now that I’ve waded into the waters of cookie swapping and dragged some Italian friends with me, I know that next year will be even easier! So many cookies, so little time. I included a little non-sugar at [...]

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Tags: Behind the Scenes · Food · Italy

World Peace Cookies and a Virtual Hug for Barbara from Winos and Foodies

December 7th, 2008 · 8 Comments

You spend a lot of time interacting with people, on their blogs, on Twitter, listening to their ups and their downs, their triumphs, their fun moments, their cries for help. You support them and work with them together for causes, and you fall down on your knees when you lose one of them. And even [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Chocolate · Dessert · Food · Recipe

Pignoli Cookies from Field Guide to Cookies for Eat Christmas Cookies

December 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments

I have a lot of family in San Diego, and inevitably I will spend at least a part of my vacation down in SD, which I love. This summer during my stay I had the pleasure to meet up with another food blogger I had been talking to online for a while: Susan from Food [...]

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Tags: Blog Event · Dessert · Food · Italy · Recipe

Lo Zingaro Nature Reserve in Sicily

November 24th, 2008 · 13 Comments

I haven’t written much about my trip to Sicily this summer, though I have lots of Sicily posts from last year’s trip. It’s also a special torture for me to write this as the first snow is hitting the ground here in Milan. Last year, there were many wildfires and so we were unable to [...]

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Tags: Discovering Italy · Italy · Sicily