Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Once again…our lilac tree is bursting forth and I’m up to my little ears in planning Easter Dinner. Even though I’m a lapsed Lutheran, a few religious days have stuck like glue! For me, those days are wrapped around remembering traditions of making and eating delicious food. We haven’t gotten into dying eggs in our […]
Just got the word…the shipment of extra virgin olive oil from Amelia in Umbria has arrived in Vancouver! And I’ve been told it’s extremely good this year. Fabulous news! The 2014 harvest was hit particularly hard. Either the oil was in short supply or not available at all due to terrible weather conditions at the […]
A fitting end to an era for us. We had been attending the annual Vancouver International Wine Festival’s Vintner’s Brunch for 12 consecutive years and always looked forward to the event. We had a wonderful time, tasting and sipping for a few hours on a Sunday afternoon…not a bad way to wrap up the weekend […]
When you visit a city fairly often, you notice things that may not have leapt off the page before. For sure the dining season is a’changin! It’s not that we don’t love a great steak or burger. We’ve enjoyed fantastic steaks in Italy, grilled over a wood fire, the Italian way. Eating a good burger […]
They’re everywhere! Gawd knows how we could have ignored the many and I do mean many, Pasticceria’s in Rome! Maybe we just kept telling ourselves “we don’t normally eat a lot of sweets” or something.” Ha! We finally succumbed on this trip. For research purposes only you understand! A tip from Elizabeth Minchilli sent us […]
Even more Joe and Phyllis eating adventures. Flavio Velavevodoto ai Quiriti – Piazza dei Quiriti, 4/5 – click here for the link. There are two “Temples of Roman Cuisine” (according to their website), one in Prati and one in the neighbourhood of Testaccio. The “room” was comfy, with loads of mirrors and really nice lighting…making […]
We get so much enjoyment finding new restaurants to try and I love sharing our experiences with you! Pane & Vino – Via Ostilia, 8 – click here for the link to their website. And then there are the days when all you want for lunch is a panino! So off to Pane and Vino […]
Here’s the first in a series of our experiences at some restaurants we explored on this latest trip to spend time in our beloved Rome. Enoteca Cul de Sac – Piazza Pasquino, 73 – click here for the link. Not far from Piazza Navona and chosen from my list of Enoteche recommendations; so glad we went! […]
When is a sandwich not a sandwich! When it’s a tramezzino! And when I told a friend I was writing a post about them she exclaimed “WHY THEY’RE JUST HORRIBLE SANDWICHES?” Not so fast…and not to be confused with the very popular Trapezzino. I’ve a thing for sandwiches…always have. I also have a adore Donna […]
This trip we spent 3 weeks in Rome…and yes to all of you who say “3 weeks”…really? Yes, really! We found new places to eat that we’d heard about and returned to a couple we’d enjoyed on our past two stays in Rome. We visited the Castelli Romani with our new, good friend, stopping for this […]