While growing up in Calabria, I was blessed that my mom was a stay-at-home mom. I didn’t realize what a  privilege this was until we moved here…

It’s another cold, wintery, snowy day in Boston. The kind that has me thinking of only one thing: summer in Italy. I’m counting down the days to our…

We’re currently in that strange week between Christmas and New Years in which the days get confusing. You wake up in the morning wondering, is it a weekday…

There are some cookies and desserts that are a bit pretentious. They call for a laundry list of ingredients, expensive nuts, numerous steps and hours of…

I have to admit, I have a bit of an aversion to ground beef. I can’t remember the last time I cooked with it, not to…

As you might know already, the cuisine of Calabria, my native region, is very much influenced by its geographic location. As such, cucina marinara, or cuisine of…

Pumpkin Lattes. Pumpkin Cookies. Pumpkin Pie. Pumpkin everywhere this time of year! I must admit, I am not a fan of pumpkin lattes at all! Call me old…

​If you have read my previous post, follow me on social media or have just been snooping around my site, you know I have just returned…

Oh Fall! Call it and it’s practically here, right? I for one, am really welcoming fall this year. After spending the summer in Italy, with an…