by admin | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
What, one may ask, does a genius Renaissance artist eat for dinner? As a mad lister and journal writer it was a pleasure to recently discover a well-preserved illustrated 500-year old shopping list at the Casa Buonarroti museum in Florence “scribbled” out by the Great...
by Tammy Corkish | May 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
In 1927, Carol Sicbaldi’s grandfather, a man named Pietro Sicbaldi, was born in a tiny village called Villaromagnano (AL) in Piedmont, Italy. One of seventeen siblings, he immigrated to America with his cousin. The Land of Golden Dreams and Opportunity. They...
by admin | May 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
With over 800 wine grape varieties, 20 uniquely designated winegrowing regions, and hundreds of years of winemaking history on the books, Italy’s wine scene is a glorious adventure from grape to glass. So, I asked my great friend Bernardo Conticelli,...
by admin | May 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a young girl, I remember watching my Italian nonna Cesarina make pasta almost daily, pounding dough balls by hand and forming them into the most delicious meals. Occasionally, my siblings and cousins and I would lend a hand trying to work the same magic. In Italy,...
