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• Follow Me!
  on Jul 23, 2014
  Hello All!I won't be updating this blog anymore, but you can feel free to follow me here!Follow me on my edible adventures around Italy and the rest of the world!Alison...
• If I'm Not Feeling So Well Tomorrow....
  on Apr 21, 2011
  Here's the culprit! As you all probably know already, I love to try out dishes particular to an area, or even to a specific day. Today is giovedi santo, or Holy Thursday, and today the thing to eat here in Naples is zuppa di cozze. I happened to find...
• Honey!
  on Apr 20, 2011
  Loving all things local, I had to pick up this honey while I was back in Revello. One of many different varieties sold at the very tiny supermarket in town, I used it in iced tea and slathered it on some gorgonzola cheese too! Yum! ...
• The Original....
  on Apr 20, 2011 in Eataly Torino
  If you've been following my blog, you've certainly seen all of the posts about Eataly and the restaurants. The New York location is just great, but I also wanted to see what the original Eataly store in Torino is like. So, while I was in the north, I...
• CopyCat!
  on Apr 19, 2011
  While back up in Revello recently, I happened to find delicious, sweet local asparagus in the town's vegetable shop. So, I was a big-time copy cat and made a great asparagus risotto! This looks pretty familiar, doesn't it? :)...
• Let It Be...
  on Apr 18, 2011 in Dolci Restaurants
  Italian food is generally not about manipulation or modernity, though the East Village restaurant Perbacco certainly tries to incorporate both of these elements into their food. To be clear, the food was not bad by any stretch of the imagination. How...
• Il Pesce at Eataly
  on Apr 13, 2011 in Eataly Restaurants
  The best thing about Eataly is most likely the fact that you don't have to wait until you get home to try out the goods. The store's motto is "We sell what we cook and we cook what we sell," so the very same products offered for sale are what are use...
• Boccioni at the MoMA
  on Apr 11, 2011 in Museums
  Realizing that I've gone food-centric for the past few posts, here's a bit of art for you all! The Museum of Modern Art is packed with masterpieces and one of them happens to be, quite possibly, my favorite statue. Umberto Boccioni's 'Unique For...
• Eating Napoli-Style at Eataly!
  on Apr 8, 2011 in Restaurants
  Eataly is home to various eateries, one being one of my default pizzerias in Naples, RossoPomodoro. While this is a chain restaurant, RossoPomodoro turns out very good pizzas, as well as pastas, meat and the rest. (This location only does pizzas, tho...
• The Wonderful World of Eataly's Desserts....
  on Apr 7, 2011 in Dolci
  "Pochi ma buoni" is a saying that could definitely be applied to Eataly's pasticceria. It translates literally to "Few, but good," quality over quantity. While there aren't that many choices, what is offered is just...out of this world. I had to...
• One Reason I Couldn't Live in NYC!
  on Apr 5, 2011
  I absolutely love piadine, a bread typical of the Romagna region of Italy. Think of a Mexican tortilla, just a little bit thicker. When heated up and filled with whatever your heart's desire ( prosciutto and cheese, Nutella, anything....), they are t...
• Welcome to Eataly!
  on Apr 5, 2011
  If you haven't visited the Italian food emporium Eataly in New York City, GO. NOW. Please!Opened in 2010, this food heaven has gathered a lot of publicity. (One of the co-owners is, as I'm sure most people know, Mr. Mario Batali.) There are restauran...
• Back from NYC!
  on Apr 1, 2011
  Hello readers!! I wanted to let you all know that I am back from New York City and have so many great posts, but....I no longer have internet at my house!!! So bear with my while I hopefully get myself re-connected!!
• Off to the Big Apple!!!
  on Mar 23, 2011
  Sorry about my lack of quality posts in the past few days, but I'm gearing up for my trip to NYC! I really cannot wait...food, fun and family! You all can definitely expect some posts while I am there, since NYC has such great Italian/Italian-Am...
• Chocolate Giveaway!!!-The Goods
  on Mar 22, 2011
  I just wanted to show everyone exactly what they are missing out on!! Here is what Lynn D., the winner of  my chocolate giveaway contest will receive shortly! (Well, you'll notice that there are two of everything-half is for my parents.)It was h...
• Get Me Back to Good Grissini!!
  on Mar 19, 2011
  I've been missing something I never thought I would: grissini. These hard, crunchy, dry breadsticks had never caught my attention before because they were, well, hard, dry, flavorless and a useless intake of calories. In restaurants, prepackaged gris...
• Heaven!
  on Mar 17, 2011 in Restaurants
  While in Rome, I made it a point to eat lunch at one of my favorite restaurants in the world, Roscioli. This was the very first restaurant I ate at in Italy. My parents and I were brought there by our new-found friend Alex and promptly seated in the...
• And the winner is....
  on Mar 16, 2011
  Lynn D.!!! Today, my chocolate giveaway has come to an end, and I have our winner! Lynn D wrote a great story about a misleading pizza up in Torino. Sometimes you just never know exactly what you will get!  I'll ship out the Gay-Odin c...
• A Day in Rome
  on Mar 16, 2011 in Rome
  Yesterday I made a trip up to Rome, just for the day. I was lucky enough to have amazing, beautiful, perfect sunny weather and get to visit with some friends I haven't seen in too long! Here are some snapshots from around the Eternal City....much mor...
• Enter now or forever hold your peace!
  on Mar 13, 2011
  My Gay-Odin chocolate giveaway is almost over!! If you still want to enter, send me your favorite food memories as soon as possible to:live.italiano@gmail.comDon't pass up this opportunity to get free, delicious chocolate direct from Naples! ...