I was lucky enough to be in Rome at just the right time. Last weekend, some great friends, Erica and Hande decided to organize a “Franciacorta night” among friends. And some of my favorite Rome expat bloggers were there, too. The locale? vino roma on the lungotevere, along the Tiber river just above the Castel…
Inside Fernet Branca’s Factory in Milan, Italy
Today the New York Times posted a story about Count Niccolò Branca di Romanico – the leading royalty of the Fernet Branca‘s family dynasty and holder of the secret recipe for the Fernet Branca digestive that has achieved a cult status with waiters & bartenders in New York, San Francisco, and it’s spreading… Did I…
Skeleton Keys
When I was in the US this last trip, my colleagues saw my house keys and wondered…do you actually use that key to get into your house? After 8 years I’ve become pretty immune to keys which I consider “skeleton keys” – long, imposing keys that are used to open deadbolts on big doors here…
Maritozzo – Sweet Bread Rolls filled with Whipped Cream
I have a big sweet tooth but I don’t really care for most pastries found in a pastry shop. I shy away from Danish pastries, cream puffs, and pies, too. I pasticcini (little pastries or petit four) Italian pastry shops are famous for, and are present at almost every birthday, office party or other event…
At the Italian movies, Manuale d’Amore 3
When I lived in the US, I loved going to the movies often. At HP I used to go with my colleagues when a new movie came out and we would take a long lunch break and go tho the earliest showing. When I lived in Rome, I didn’t have money to eat out but…
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