So, though Christmas is a distant memory, my thighs remind me every day of the food splendor that is Southern Italy, and in particular, Puglia! These are eels, or anguille (anh-GWEE-lay) which are traditionall eaten (in Manfredonia and the Gargano area) for lunch on the 24th. The taste of eel really isn’t bad, except their…
Bucked off the Bureaucracy Saddle
So, I’m here in London, lovely London. The next best place to home. The place where you can get Cadbury’s mini Creme Eggs, an Indian curry and Bangers and Mash within a block’s radius. Yes, I’m being spoiled. But, back to my bureaucracy story. You didn’t think it had finished, did you? That like all…
Back in the Bureaucracy Saddle Again
So, while we are down in Puglia for the holidays, stuffing our faces and do as little as possible, we do have a real and important task while we’re down here. We have to pick up my Permesso di Soggiorno, which is a permission of stay while you’re in Italy. Technically all visitors, including tourists…
(Soft) Food Porn
Happy Turkey Day to all! In honor of a big day of eating… I’m risking some interesting hits from the search engines with a title like that, and even more with what I’m going to say now….I mean soft food porn because unlike some of the hard core food porn at Gia-Gina’s, my cooking skills…
Losing Ground, Gaining Cheese
It’s been raining a lot in Puglia lately – there have been mudslides and some bridges washing away. Look at this high-speed train that seemed to have stopped just in time. Luckily, where Sante’s family is, there hasn’t been as much rain so they are doing fine. In case you saw Chinesepod from the last…
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