It may be a bit strange but the first time I had these traditional Italian chocolate dipped dried oranges and figs was in Sydney, Australia. I probably passed over these several times before in Italy without realizing it, as I am a bit of a purist when it comes to chocolate. I like pure dark…
Archives for November 2015
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity and Solidarity
This is the new national motto of France. We were all innocent until a few days ago. How long ago it seems. When the news spread of the events developing in Paris, Beirut and Baghdad, every single one of us put ourselves in the shoes of those poor terrorised people and of their families. I,…
And we win the award for…..
My husband and I were discussing hypothetically spending a year living in different parts of Italy. The natural question was, which regions were best at which points of the year? The early summer we decided was best for the beaches of the Amalfi coast in Campagna, Sardegna and Sicily. The late summer we would prefer to avoid…
The freshly pressed olive oil is starting to trickle in
We were back in Liguria again this year just in time for the beginning of the olive pressing season. Last year we arrived to find a depressing situation- olive trees suffering from leprosy with sparsely hung olives, mostly malformed or infected by fruit flies. 2014 was the first year in generations that Italian families that…