Today's souvenir is..
Take a clay pot, a pound of speckled beans (borlotti beans), 2 cloves of garlic, 1 tablespoon of olive oil, 200 grams of fresh short pasta, can of plum tomateos, pinch…
Oranges to your Health…
Here in Italy we are getting ready for the Appointment with Oranges for your Health (L’Appuntamento con L’arance della Salute). This is held every January 26th to emphasize the health…
Here in the Mountains of Abruzzo..today's lunch is…..
In ‘il mio laboratorio’ as we now call our cucina now filled with ingredients for testing of recipes for my upcoming books. For today’s lunch we had a choice of…
Prosecco and risotto ..mmm
I must admit that my kitchen here (at our villa in Abruzzo) has turned more into a laboratory than a kitchen. I am testing out recipes for my new upcoming books..I…
Vino, Vidi, Vici copyright, Maria Liberati 2007
I wine, I saw I conquered.. I think that any trip to Italy could best be described in these words. Each day has its own special wine and I attempt…
New Years' Resolutions for Life
The New Year is here and it brings with it the flood of New Year's resolutions- usually to lose weight or change your eating habits in one way or the other. If you have…
Buona La Befana!!
And the Holidays continue here (in Italy) we are now coming to our last Holiday of the Christmas season- the Epiphany or La Befana.. La Befana, the good Christmas witch will…
Italy in Winter and a new year is here!
Best wishes for wonderful things in this new year! As I am working on my second book here in the mountains of Abruzzo and getting through the Holidays-full of great food…