Welcome to December! Holiday season and entertaining are fast approaching!  With this in mind, the next few weeks of posts are going to showcase things to make your holiday season easier. They may be recipes that you can pull together in a hurry, cocktails or […]

The weather has gotten cooler and the leaves are almost off the trees. At mealtime, light summer salads are replaced by warming fall soups. While in the past, I would have said that Pumpkins are something that are carved for Hallowe’en or baked into a pie, you […]

  Back in the summer, Pete and I were lucky enough to have dinner at Osteria dal Capo one evening when we were in Padova. We had a wonderful dinner and both the meal and service were lovely. At the end of the evening, we chatted […]

The food and ingredients that you can find in Italy are fabulous. If you love to cook, there is certainly a lot here to inspire! My friend Sarah is an amazing chef. She also has absolutely the best story, hands down – she made dinner for […]