New here? Check out “Best Of” for some top posts, subscribe to my RSS feed - http://feeds.feedburner.com/MsAdventuresinItaly or receive email updates!If you’re reading this, I’m already on a plane to India. After a brief stop in Zurich, we’ll be arriving in Mumbai (old name: Bombay) to spend time with some good friends and take [...]

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Thanks to all those that have responded so far to my “Plea for a Menu for Hope“ - if you’ve bid or written a post because of it, please make sure you email me (and the link) so that I can say thanks in the form of my blog tips or answering an internet question. [...]

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I started out writing this post with a totally different sentiment than what I’m writing now. I wanted to highlight my prize as well as other Menu for Hope prizes (that’s coming). But I have to speak now about something that’s bothering me.
We’re in Day 5 of the Menu for Hope. Halfway there (bidding [...]

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So, it has begun! Today is the first day of the Menu for Hope 4! For the next 10 days, I’ll be talking to you about my prize, highlighting others’ prizes and of course, talking about great food!
Note: Thanks to everyone who commented on the Dolce Italiano contest - we had over 750 entries!! Wow! [...]

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I’ve talked a bit about the Menu for Hope - a big food-blogger-fueled fundraiser that I will be participating in again this year probably with a big basket of Italian goodies.
And I’m getting ready to go shopping for the items!!
But first, you only have until tomorrow evening to comment on my Italy Gift [...]

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The donors are doing a great job so far with a Menu for Hope, but I want to really blow things out of the water, so I’m adding a few items to the Artigianale Basket - code EU15! (Remember you can also choose the two cookbooks instead of the basket) You only have until December [...]

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Grab the Scavenger Hunt code.
Photo Theme. Join the blogroll. Visit participants.
This week�s theme is Annoying.

When I saw this week’s Photo Scavenger Hunt theme, it was pretty difficult to think of “annoying” - of course, out of focus or bad photos are naturally annoying, but no one really wants to see that. If you do, you [...]

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UPDATE: For those of you bidding from the US, I will be traveling there in early spring and will mail the package from inside the US to avoid customs hassles!
Announcing the Menu for Hope III!
Have you heard of the Menu for Hope?

It is fast becoming the best raffle in the world for cooks and food-lovers [...]

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