Apr
12th
Sat
12th
Mar
9th
Sun
9th
Ricky goes asparagus hunting
Feb
17th
Sun
17th
Gary Vaynerchuk Teaches Conan O’Brien Strange Wine Flavors
Feb
7th
Thu
7th
Italy's government | Unsteady as she goes
When we ask most people in Italy what they think of the government here, they just shake their head and say it’s a mess. Now the government is trying to reorganize after its latest collapse.
Feb
3rd
Sun
3rd
A sign for focaccia in Genovese dialect. Loosely translated it means “Holy crap, what focaccia!”
Feb
2nd
Sat
2nd
Whoops—Italy inadvertently legalizes some P2P music
P2P = Peer to Peer = online file sharing. Don’t count on this being reversed anytime soon w/the way politics work here.
Dec
18th
Tue
18th
a donkey trying to eat my finger…nom..nom..nom.
Dec
17th
Mon
17th
Keep Christmas cake Italian, panettone makers say
Speaking of panettone, it’s a $848 million industry. If you buy a panettone cake outside of Italy, beware it may not be the “official” version of the cake.
Dec
16th
Sun
16th
Two popular parts of Christmas in Italy are Panettone, a kind of fruit cake, and the Precipe, the Nativity Scene. One bakery combined the two in a Nativity Scene made out of Panettone.
Money Goes Far in New York, if You’re European - New York Times
According to the New York Times, lots of Europeans are coming to the US this holiday season to take advantage of the strong Euro. We’ve had at least two English students who are doing just that…
Dec
15th
Sat
15th
What’s the most annoying Rachael Ray catchphrase? - Slashfood - This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with Italy but is really funny. 2 minutes and 46 seconds of Rachael Ray saying “mmmmmmm”; I had to stop it at 1:44.. good luck!
Dec
14th
Fri
14th
Vico della Casana lit with Christmas lights
Christmas Tree in Piazza de Ferrari, Genova 13/12/07
