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Living a Life in Colour

a guide to Italian food, wine and culture

Baccalà mantecato – a taste of Venice

December 16, 2018 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Venice flooding in 1966 by By Unknown

Anyone who saw the recent footage of the Veneto seemingly sinking into the sea would have wanted to weep but fortunately the tides seem to have recessed this month. Venice is no stranger to flooding having been constructed over 118 islands with the water managed with engineering since the 12th century but this year’s flooding… 

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Filed Under: Food Tagged With: baccala, dried cod, flood, salt cod, stoccofisso, veneto, venezia, venice

Where in Italy is a great place for families to spend the Christmas holiday?

December 22, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Venezia (Venice) has many names and faces. It is known as the city of romance, a UNESCO city of culture rich with breathtaking architecture and art, the City of Water with its canals crisscrossing the city, the City of Masks as shops display the city’s characteristic carnival masks year-round, as where the orient meets Europe… 

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Filed Under: Children, Family, Food, footer, Holiday Tagged With: christmas, venezia, venice

Why is this week full of love, gossip and lies?

February 11, 2015 By wooweiduan Leave a Comment

Carnevale parade in Viareggio

I remember this same week in 1995. I decided to go to the seaside town of Viareggio in Toscana with a friend. As we were young students at the time, we went expecting a bit of a parade with prospects of a street party. I was walking down the street, watching enormous comical floats go past when an elderly… 

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Filed Under: Food, footer, Holiday Tagged With: bugie, carnevale, carnival, chiacchiere, fritters, italy, recipe, st. valentine, valentine's day, venezia, venice, viareggio

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