It’s the holiday season, so many of you are baking furiously, taking dozens of cookies into the office or to parties, and stockpiling your freezer with cookies! Read on for tips on hosting your own cookie swap party, cookie cookbooks I like, and cookie recipe ideas from this blog and many others! I love a [...]

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Love Italy? You should check out my book about How to Order an Italian Coffee in Italy!  It’s available on Amazon! Get your copy or tell a friend! Here are some common mistakes and misconceptions tourists have about traveling in Italy. After posting about how my diet has changed since moving to Italy 7 years ago, I’ve also [...]

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It’s that time of year when I geek out over what has happened in 2009, in terms of social networking, blogging, my photography, travel, and food! If you prefer picture books to novels, you can check my 2009 Year in Pictures. Interested in how other years have gone for me? Check the 2008, 2007 and [...]

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Yesterday I posted the Fig & Chocolate Oatmeal Bars recipe from the new cookbook, “Cookie Swap” by Julia Usher. Today Julia shares some of her decorating tips for cookies and how her career path led her from engineer to that of cookbook author and food writer. SARA ROSSO: Julia, you’ve had such an interesting career [...]

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Here’s the next round of questions that were sent to me following up on Help! How to Live and Work in Italy and Dear Ms. Adventures: Help Me Move to Italy! If you have a question, be sure to read the previous posts as your question may have already been answered. DO NOT LEAVE YOUR QUESTION [...]

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