Showing posts with label Things Italian. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Things Italian. Show all posts

Sunday, January 10, 2010

At Least the Trains Run on Time (Sometimes)

Well I have often screamed "balls" while trying to make a booking and their website is definately a cockup so this may be close to the truth than the writer knew!

Many thanks to the remarkable Opera Chic for this one.

10 gennaio - San Pietro I Orseolo

Saturday, September 20, 2008

You Know You're in Italy When ...

Last week I was looking for a recipe for White Peaches Soaked in Wine as a desert for Sunday's pranzo (lunch) and came across Bleeding Espresso. No its not an Italian punk rock group - though that would be a great name for one - its the work of Michelle Fabio , an American who retraced her Calabrase roots and now lives in her ancestral town.

I found her recipe - how easy can it be: peel and slice peaches, soak in wine for as long as you like, eat peaches, drink wine - punto! Because of a misunderstanding between myself and the greengrocer I ended up with yellow not white peaches. But I found out yellow peaches soaked in prosseco, though not authentic, work just fine.

Michelle and a group of other bloggers started working on a list: You Know You're in Italy When ... The list keeps growing as people add their comments -and as Laurent and I read them we've found ourselves nodding in recognition.

I threw in a couple and want to add one more.

You Know You're in Italy When:
Out the bedroom windowThis is what you see first thing in the morning when you look out your bedroom window.

20 settembre - San Andrea Kim Taegon e i Santi martiri coreani