How to Spend an Italian Summer
A summer in Italy comes with unique opportunities. Here are several events to add to your itinerary to round out your perfect Italian summer Redentore Church Feast Day is full…
Hidden World Wonders |5 Lesser Known Attractions You Need to See
Guest Blogger: Annie Beurman We all know about attractions like Mount Everest, the Great Wall of China or Mount Rushmore. These are attractions and landmarks that anyone would recognize.…
How To Make Paella Inspired By Pablo Picasso
Guest Post by Madigan Naylor Many people the world over consider Pablo Picasso to be one of the best artists of all time. Even though he was Spanish, few…
Walnut, Pomegranate ,Roquefort Salad | Combining Italian with French in Food and Art
French and Italian combinations work marvelously in food-just think of beschamel sauce, onion soup, crepes. recipes created in the kitchens of Caterina DeMedici with her private chefs,while living in France-…
Culinary Cruise to Sicily | Luscious Sicilian Biancomangiare Recipe
It was so nice to meet all of those that came out to my appearance at Bally’s Casino in Atlantic City Gourmet Food & Wine Show this past weekend..so excited…
The National Holiday of Leftovers or Santo Stefano
copyright 2010 art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati And the week continues on as one long Festa..today is Santo Stefano ( Saint Stephen).. this day has been a national Holiday…
Hot Stracciatella Soup and Warm Holiday Wishes!
copyright 2010 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati Anticipating my Christmas in Italy this year and planning my menu...I am reflecting (for lack of a better word)on(what will be) a continuing 24 hour…
Travel to Experience Local Flavors & Pampepato
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati/artofliving,PrimaMedia,Inc Those who travel have many a tale to tell …or something like that… as an old saying goes..not only stories of places and sights but of…
Ortona-Little City By the Sea
copyright 2010, Maria Liberati Ortona is a splendid little city by the sea..tranquil with breathtaking views of the Adriatic and its’ own boardwalk to discover..a one day visit is enough…
The Night of the Shooting Stars & A Fresh Veggie Tartare
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati Tonight, August 10th is known as the night of San Lorenzo and the night of the ‘stelle cadente’ or falling stars. Saint Lorenzo was a martyr…
Eggplant Parmigiano on the Beach & August 15th
The excitement of summer is almost gone for most of us..with about a month to go..but here in Italy the excitement of summer has been re-ignited with the anticipation of…
Parsley..a Girl's Best Friend..
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati "An honest laborious Country-man, with good Bread, Salt and a little Parsley, will make a contented Meal with a roasted Onion." John Evelyn (1620-1706) Parsley is…
A Mid Mountain Trip & Local Flavors of Rapino
copyright 2010 Maria Liberati/art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc Continuing my ‘Gastraonaut’ travels in Italy..in Pescara to experience some of the artisan foods, but also to view the new pedestrian bridge that…
Roasted Parsley Potatoes & Gossip in the Piazza
It pays to listen to gossip and conversation in the town piazza at night..some more than others..from overheard conversations last night was a variety of talk about family riffs…
To Market ,To Market…
Saturday has always been one of my favorite days..it is market day..and I always am too excited to sleep the night before anticipating an early cappuccino and cornetto (Italian…
Top Secrets for a Pesto Recipe
Each region and city in Italy has their own flavors and tastes to discover, and on a recent trip there I had a flavorful experience discovering the tastes that give…
Italian Cuisine..not just pizza and pasta…
Italian Cuisine When thinking about Italian cuisine, most people think about pasta, and pizza, pizza, pizza... but potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, and maize, introduced in the 18th century, are often…
Pizza & Poetry…
copyright 2009, Art of Living, PrimaMedia, Inc Someone once said that 'poetry is made up of memories and the act of recalling a special moment and without remembering or the…
Settembrini and September
copyright 2009, art of living, PrimaMedia,Inc September is now the month of the 'Settembrini' when everything has a September feel to it. The air now has a gentler heat…
A Dinner in Three Acts..
A dinner of freshly prepared seafood and linguine is always on the menu when I am at the beach and this weekend was no exception. Eating grilled fish and pasta…
A House is A Home..with lots of food of course!
copyright 2009, Maria Liberati No matter how big or small or elegant or simple, a house-- and that is any house- -from a villa to an apartment- is not…
Vacation in Paradise
Whenever I think of a vacation, the lyrics to the song by the 'go-go's "vacation is all I ever wanted, vacation have to get away" always come to mind. Traveling…
A Taste of Venice & Carnevale, part 2
copyright, 2009, Maria Liberati, The Basic Art of Italian Cooking Halloween, Mardi Gras where did it all come from- from Venice of course. Well the Romans had a type of Carnevale…
Abruzzo- a quick guide to my favorite spots
I have just returned again from my 'pied a terre' in the mountains of Abruzzo, just about an hour away from Rome. Still emotionally drunk with all the food, wine…
Todi-elegant Medieval city
As I am working on the preserves this weekend from the fresh plums in our farm and testing out some new focaccia recipes, I wanted to send you a photo…
How to Cicchetti in Venice
I have taken some of the staff and editors of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking by Maria Liberati tm to my office in Italy and some are traveling around…
A visit to Rome, part 1
Ahh Rome the eternal City!! The Spring sun always reminds me of the city of Rome. It seems as though Rome is almost always sunny or I'd like to believe…
