Celebrating Stir Up Sunday
Oh, a wonderful pudding! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs. Cratchit since their marriage. Mrs. Cratchit said that…
Oysters, Champagne & Words
“You needn't tell me that a man who doesn't love oysters and asparagus and good wines has got a soul, or a stomach either. He's simply got the instinct for…
Hot, Creamy Pumpkin Soup for a Chilly Autumn Night..
copyroght 2010 Maria Liberati, art of living, Prima Media Inc. It’s autumn!! Just in case you haven’t noticed the chill in the air..and a bowl of warm soup make…
Food, Wine, Books..the Perfect Combination
Favorite thing I enjoy about being on my book tour for my latest release The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions-2nd edition is meeting so many ..and…
Sunflowers and a Tuscan Summer
"Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. he attracts and follows" Jean Paul Richter (German novelist and humorist 1763-1825) copyright 2010 Maria Liberati/art of…
I Promessi Sposi..& A Chocolate Ricotta Cheesecake
One of my favorite pieces of Italian literature is I Promessi Sposi.. (The Betrothed) so romantic.. A story of Renzo and Lucia, set in Italy in 1628 the book…
Share the Joy! with some Fettucini Alfredo…
copyright 2010, art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc In honor of the official release of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Holidays & Special Occasions-2nd edition (ISBN 978-1928911-19-7) the award winning recipe…
The Hills Are Alive…
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati As I remembered the song from my favorite musical The Sound of Music..I thought to myself as we drove along the hills in Chianti…these hills are…
Castello D'Albola & Ribollita in Chianti
copyright 2010 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati Castello D’Albola is a medieval wonder..in Chianti…a castle with a vineyard that produces award winning wines and the castle is filled with so much…
A Cool August Night & A Hot Discussion
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati A cool August night in the piazza in Tagliacozzo and nothing soothes the soul more than eating a dish of creamy gelato in front of…
Eating Cool..Colorful.. Baked Fruit Kebabs with Gelato
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati/art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc Excitement is in the air here in anticipation of August the 15th…the beach resembles a large restaurant in the open with long tables set…
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…
Recharge Your Summer
copyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia, Inc. Just about half over..summer that is…and just about time to recharge your summer before it is all gone. Here are some fun things…
A trip to Via Corradini & Mushroom Pate
I’m really not fond of pate..are you? But I am always on the lookout for ways to make a non-traditional type of pate. At our country house in Abruzzo-we have…
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…
Chef Secrets to Make Cold Pasta
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati/ art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc. As temperatures hover over 100 in most of the USA a cold dish of pasta is a perfect way to have A cool…
Thomas Jefferson..Monticello..inspired by Italy
COPYRIGHT 2010, Maria Liberati/art of living PrimaMedia,Inc As we are enjoying our evening meal alfresco with fireworks bursting below us…patriotic thoughts of one of my favorite signers of the…
Watermelon, Opera and Caruso
“Watermelon, it’s good fruit, you eat, you drink, you wash your face.” Enrico Caruso copyright, 2010, Maria Liberati The most prominent, celebrated fruit of the summer in Italy; watermelon…
