The Art of the Roman Banquet
What a fitting place for a Roman banquet, at the top of the Spanish Steps in the heart of Rome, the same site where the 'art of the banquet 'was…
Io,the Coliseo & Orecchiette Pasta with Fresh Cauliflower
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati/art of living,PrimaMedia,inc My better half arrived from Italy a few days ago, had to catch a bus from our ‘pied a terre’ in Rome to…
Summer's Last Month & Gelato
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati And so goes the summer..almost..one month left to summer..don’t let it pass you by without taking advantage of something ‘summery’..eat an ice cream or a gelato…
Tramezzini & My Days as a 'Gastronaut'
I always think of myself as a 'gastronaut'- ( gastronomy + astronaut=gastronaut) someone that travels and explores through food..and I think there are many of you out there! Sundays in…
Food is Fashionably Chic..in Rome
Who is it that told me that food and fashion have nothing in common? It must have been someone that has never experienced the center of Rome on a…
A Mother's Day Brunch
If you really want to treat Mom this weekend, the simple,elegant and back to basics ..the perfect gift..a box of chocolates with at least 65% cocoa content are the way…
Dinner, Pasta and Fellini
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati “Life is a combination of magic and pasta” a saying of the late film director Federico Fellini..and it is so true… Fellini was from Rimini in…
A Day with Moses & Michelangelo
Copyright 2009, Maria Liberati Sundays in Rome always turn into special days..and this weekend was no exception. A trip there for an event on Saturday for my latest book The Basic…
Indulgence in the Eternal City..
copyright, 2009, Maria Liberati It is amusing to sit and watch how people that are extremely cold warm up. Some will stare in disbelief at their reddened hands, almost frozen…
Happy "La Befana" from Italy…
Today will be another day in the US, but for most children in Italy it marks the last day of the Christmas Holidays. The day the good witch known as 'La Befana'(taken…