Ok, so my homemade pate' is not actually that famous, the only thing that it's famous for is that it disappears at the speed of li...

It seems like yesterday that I was thinking about Thanksgiving being two months away. And now it's here. Only two days away. Of cours...

Another great summer recipe. This year I'm definitely trying to hold on to summer more than last year, although I have to say that it ...

The end of summer is near. Yesterday the weather was hot and humid, the kind of day that makes you run to the nearest gelateria for a good...

No. They are not called 'hospital' shrimp because they are served in hospitals. As good as Swiss hospitals are, they don't serve...

When I was a child most of the ethnic options available in Milano were greasy, depressing looking Chinese restaurants where the food was che...

If I start annoying you with my never ending babble about spring vegetables, please do tell. I don't want to become one of those persons...

So the new year is here. I had such high expectations for the beginning of 2011 and, not so oddly, I was bitterly disappointed. I mean, what...

So what are you all doing for New Year's Eve?  I feel like it's finally time to ask you. I hate people that start asking in Novembe...

October is here. Cooler weather. Morning breezes. Cloudy skies and all that. I've been so busy partying like a rock star to celebrate my...

  Ahhhh... here I am. Back home and already bored. I have to say that it's kind of hard to spend a few days in a city as awesome as Barc...

One of the most exciting things I'm experiencing now that I moved back to Italy is the diversity of ingredients. Every time I go to the ...

I don't think this will come as a surprise. I'm a tomato junkie. You aren't surprised, right? I mean, I'm Italian, for cryin...

Once again I'm being horrible at posting regularly, but trust me, there is a reason. And I mean a real reason -not just the fact that I...

So Christmas has come and gone and now we are left with tons of shredded wrapping paper, five pounds parked on our bellies and asses (seriou...

I've been on an oyster kick lately. I've been ordering raw ones like crazy while I was in Key West and have been lucky enough to go ...

For those of you who were wondering, no, I haven't disappeared into thin air. I was out of town again for the weekend and then I was scr...

So I have this thing for salmon -for me to eat it it must be either smoked or wild caught. I refuse to eat the farm raised type mostly becau...

Regardless of the fact that it's hot and humid out -in fact the weather is grosser than what it was in August!- I have decided that fall...

This is a last minute response to Faith's "Secret ingredient" challenge posted on her blog, Thought 4 Food . Her ingredient of...