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How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy: the ebook on Amazon Kindle!

Ms. Adventures in Italy — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:25:27 +0000

I published a post on how to order an Italian coffee in Italy years ago on this site – the definitive guide to Italian coffee for coffee lovers! Since then, it’s been one of my most popular posts, and I’ve had requests to make it into an ebook and expand it ever since.

I’m happy to say it’s now available for Amazon Kindle! This concise ebook is great for anyone who loves coffee, anyone who is traveling to or loves Italy, and makes a great gift!

If you have a mobile device or even just a computer, you can read this ebook – the Amazon Kindle App is available for just about every device aside from Kindles (read below for links & info!)

Here’s more information about How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy – I’d love it if you bought a copy!

How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy is a comprehensive and concise guide to all of the major variations of coffee, or caffè espresso in Italian, as they can be found in Italy.

A descriptive look at the most common coffee options for travelers to Italy, with close-up photos of each variety and the proper names in Italian with pronunciation guides so you’ll be ready to order your favorite variety in any bar in Italy.

Also included are descriptions of special coffee drinks, non-coffee drinks you can find in a bar, and all about sweeteners for your coffee.

Bonus chapters include: Italian breakfast – what to expect and order to eat with your coffee; Understanding the bar culture in Italy; and How to make coffee at home like an Italian.

Buy How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy in your Amazon store!! (note: the content is in English regardless of the Amazon store you buy it from):

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Loved the original post? Here’s why you should buy the ebook:

you’ll always access to the content wherever you are, no internet connection necessary
more than twice the content than in the original post
new chapters on Italian breakfast and bar culture
dozens of full-color photos (black & white photos only on Kindle devices, full-color on mobile devices/computers & Kindle Fire) including new and updated photos
new pronunciation guides to help you order in Italian
you can gift the book to any of your coffee-loving friends with a single click!

Frequently Asked Questions:

I don’t have a Kindle – can I read this ebook?
Yes! Here are links to the (free) Amazon Kindle App software for Android phone, Blackberry, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Windows phone, Web OS or Mac or a PC. After you download and install the Kindle App software, you can buy the book and read it on your device!

I don’t have a mobile device or Kindle - can I read this ebook?
Yes! If you don’t have a mobile device or Kindle, you can still read this ebook. Here are links to the (free) Amazon Kindle App software for Mac and PC. After you download and install the Kindle App software, you can buy the book and read it on your desktop/laptop!

You can now also read Kindle books in your browser! To start reading, go to http://read.amazon.com using Chrome, Safari on iPad, Safari on desktop and now Mozilla Firefox.

Is the ebook available in X format?
I’m working on making the ebook available in other formats, but for now it’s available on the Amazon Kindle platform and can be read on all the above devices.

Can I give this book as a gift to someone?
Yes! Gifting ebooks is becoming one of my favorite things! All you need is that person’s email address, and on the Amazon page near the buying options, click on “Give as Gift” and insert their email address. Boom! Instant gift!

Why are you charging for this content when it’s free on your site?
The ebook is not just a copy of the original post – it’s actually twice the content, including expanded existing content and new chapters on Italian breakfast and bar culture in Italy which aren’t in the original post. I added pronunciation guides so you can order that much easier, and I also added several new photos and updated some of the existing photos, too.

Can I lend your book with the Kindle Lending program?
Yes, I enabled lending for this book. Hopefully your friend will love it and buy their own copy after, too.

Why isn’t X included in this version of the ebook?
I had to stop expanding at some point and publish it, but if you have a suggestion for what should be in a future edition, let me know! I’m open to suggestions.

You misspelled X or forgot X in the book.
If you find an error in the text, I appreciate you letting me know so it can be fixed for future purchasers. Contact me with specifics.

Have a friend or family member who’s a coffee lover who might like this book? Tell them about it, or gift it!

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A few hours in Venice, Italy, and Writing Raw

Ms. Adventures in Italy — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:10:44 +0000

It takes stepping back and shaking routine off your shoulders to see the details and intrigue in things that have become commonplace. It happens when friends come to visit, and often when I spend time in another city in Italy. And most of those experiences happen when I step away from the computer. (telling myself something, perhaps?)

Recently I’ve had the opportunity to do this several times for friends visiting me (and at least one more time, next week when my best friend comes to visit me in Italy for the first time) and I like this reminder that not only is the grass greener on the other side of the fence, but I should be reminding myself on a daily, not bi-monthly/yearly basis, about the beautiful place I live in.

I’m known to do crazy things like go to Venice for a few hours and I convinced a visiting friend this would be a good idea. We lucked out, too, with a beautifully sunny October day, and it was freeing to just “hit the highlights” of Venice, which of course included food and gelato.

I met up with Nan from Living Venice, a friend and expat I have been in contact with for years but had never met. I’m always amazed at how many friends I have like this – friends I could ask for advice from or help yet it might be hard for us to pick each other out in a crowd. As I made plans to meet with Nan for some cicchetti, Venetian little bites/snacks (above), I told my visiting friend, “we’ll meet my friend who lives here for lunch” and immediately after “it’s the first time I’m meeting her.”

It’s such a powerful feeling to connect with so many people through something as simple as a website.

I’ve found myself feeling quite nostaglic this morning, about this blog, whose entries have been public for more than 6 years (last month) but there are another 2+ years of entries which are now private and start from the day I stepped off the plane from the US on this big adventure living abroad.

Some of those entries are the most raw and honest writing I’ve ever done, and I hope that I can start to get back to that feeling of writing freedom somehow. The absolute pouring of emotion through words, fear of failing, flailing through experiences, and using writing as a tool and therapy both. It’s something that I’ve shielded a bit on this site as traffic grew, but it’s a disservice especially to myself as it stifles my creativity.

I kind of blame Jori Des Jardins’s recent post for sparking some of this this morning. Thanks for that something – I plan on creating something more often :)

Want more Venice? Check out my posts and photos about Early Morning in Venice or Sunset Aperitivo in Venice.

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Food and sights I’ll miss from summer in Italy

Ms. Adventures in Italy — Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:38:30 +0000

This year saying goodbye to summer seems particularly poignant, even though I only took a week + some days off (to head to Hawaii) compared to traditional Italian summers with 3 or so weeks off. The difference is that my job allowed me to work from wherever, so I left muggy Milan early on and came back when it was starting to mellow again.

I got a Samsung Nexus S in August thanks to a concerned boss; I’ve had the iPod Touch and the iPad for years, but never upgraded my slider-text-only-phone to a smartphone, mainly because I live online and don’t really use my phone unless I’m traveling. Now that I have a camera in my pocket, I find myself capturing moments a lot more often, even when I carried my mini-camera in my purse. I’m also using the WordPress mobile app for blogging, and for quick photo posts it’s a single click!

Growing up, I pleaded and begged to be able to go to amusement parks, and I never found a ride I didn’t like. When a little fair came to town while we were in Puglia, I had to sample some of the rides. This was my favorite – the HULK! It looked slightly harmless as it jumped up and down, but once I got on I was in danger of losing my shoes, my purse, everything! I haven’t laughed so hard in a long time. I also saw The American Show, and posted about it on What I See.

Caffe’ shakerato - one of my favorite summer drinks in Italy. I only had a few of these this summer, so if it heats up at all this month I’ll make sure to order a few more.

Two other refreshing drinks after a day at the beach - Gassosa, and Lemon Soda – the first is a fizzy sweet tonic water, and the second is a fizzy lemon soda with real pieces of lemon in it. Love both of them.

Amazing pane e pomodoro (bread and tomatoes) and a few vegetables sott’olio/sott’aceto (pickled) and olives. I had mozzarella nodini / knots as well.

A pizza stuffed with onions that have been cooked until they’re melting. I literally dream about this pizza. Luckily I can get this pizza in Puglia year-round. I just have to make the trip!

Hands-down, one of the best fritto misto (mixed fried plate) I’ve eaten in my life – on the beach at Marina Romea, near Ravenna, Italy. Aside from super-juicy prawns, calamari, and fried anchovies and other frutti di mare, and there were fried vegetables underneath like zucchine and onions. So good.

Here’s what the others ate – so much tagliolini that they just give you the entire pan to serve from.

Still in Ravenna, could you go to the Emilia-Romagna region and not eat a piadina? Not I. This freshly-heated piadina had sausage and grilled onions inside. Yum. (Note: when you’re desperate in Italy for Mexican food, a piadina also subs for very thick tortillas)

I have a pepperoncino plant, hot pepper, outside which greets me every day. I’m not sure I’ll use up all those hot peppers (though I am eating spicy quite a bit lately), I definitely want them around.

The pepperoncino theme is popular, check out this little table arrangement with a spiky cucumber (live) and pepperoncino.

A caffe’ affogato (drowned coffee with ice cream) that was one of the cheapest things in that place (and good).

Crazy Greenpeace grass cars, and scooters.

People enjoying the nice weather and sitting on the steps of the Duomo (before it started pouring that evening).

And finally, how you know summer is really over: the stores are decorated for Christmas. I about threw up in my mouth when I saw this. I was wearing shorts.

What will you be remembering about this summer?

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Pepata di Cozze – Peppered Steamed Mussels Recipe in Puglia

Ms. Adventures in Italy — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:27:44 +0000

This is what I eat a lot of while I’m in Puglia – una pepata di cozze. Sometimes spelled impepata or ‘mpepata – “peppered” mussels, I think an alternative translation is steamed mussels, prepared with and garlic, and yes, pepper.

So delicious.

Quick and easy, only a few ingredients and one pot are needed to make this meal, and very little prep aside from the cleaning and soaking of the mussels. It can also be cheap since mussels are only a few euro for a kilo here in Italy. I’ve done this dish back in Milan as well, though without the salty sea air the experience does wane a bit. I love eating a pepata di cozze on the beach at lunch.

Pepata di Cozze – Steamed Mussels

I love the simplicity of this dish, but if you want pasta with your shellfish, try spaghetti allo scoglio (frutti di mare) or spaghetti con vongole – clams

a few cloves of garlic
olive oil
1 kilo of mussels
pepper, freshly ground
flat-leaf parsley (optional)
small tomatoes (optional)
white wine (optional)

Prepare the mussels if they haven’t been cleaned – soak them, scrub them well and remove the beard (step-by-step directions on cleaning mussels) and rinse them.
Get a large, deep cooking pot you have a lid for (glass is best so you can see in), and heat several tablespoons of olive oil in the bottom of the pan. Add the garlic cloves and sauté until they start to brown.
At this point, you can also add in a glass of white wine or the tomatoes if desired, and heat that back up to a fast simmer before the next step.
Add the drained mussels to the pot, and close the lid on top. In 4-5 minutes all the mussels should have opened – if not, turn up the heat a bit and put the lid back on for a few more minutes. Depending on how many mussels / size of pot / etc it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.
Take the pot off the heat (and turn off), and add the chopped up parsley and ground pepper. Discard any unopened mussels.
Serve in soup bowls and toast pieces of bread to serve at the bottom of the bowl or on the side.

The aftermath of pepata di cozze.

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