One of the trips I've most enjoyed with my husband and children is the long weekend we spent in Slovenia in October 2021. I'm sure part of my excitement was due to the fact that it was our first time outside of Italy in over a year (thanks, COVID!), but I do believe that Slovenia … Continue reading Slovenia for the weekend
If you'd like to read more books by contemporary Italian authors, but are unsure where to start, this blog post might give you some good ideas. In it, I discuss five contemporary Italian authors that, in my opinion, are worth reading.
Traditional Florentine dishes are, for the most part, meals that were consumed and passed on by the working class. Think tripe and lampredotto (cow stomach), ribollita, and pappa al pomodoro… Nothing too fancy about these plates, made with leftovers, hard bread, or animal scraps that people could not afford to get rid of. And yet, when that spoonful of warm bread … Continue reading Panzanella: A Midsummer Night’s Meal
The Florentine Mom 