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It’s rather unfortunate that these delicious and light Italian cookies have such an unsavory name, but brutti, ma buoni, or “ugly, but good” deserve a place on your…

Is there anything more delicious than a ricotta cannoli? A classic Sicilian dessert, cannoli are tubular fried dough filled with a smooth and creamy ricotta filling. Purchasing pre-made shells saves hours of time in the…

Oh, summer…. We love you, but you don’t last nearly as long as we’d like. With it, you bring your bounty of wonderful produce, such as…

It’s almost that time of year in Italy. The grapes will soon be harvested for this year’s wine production. It’s an exciting time, to say the…

I grew up in a small town in Southern Italy called Palermiti, in the province of Catanzaro, in Calabria. If you were to look at a map,…

Summer is salad season in my household, but this is not your everyday salad. There are no lettuce leaves in this one; in fact, it is…

Summer is in full swing, which means that summer travels are on! And so is the heat! I returned from Italy on July 3rd, and by…

When I started my business, I purposely decided not to use the word “tour” in my business name. The word has a lot of misconceptions, so…

It seems that more and more people are following a gluten-free lifestyle these days. I have been getting requests for gluten-free recipes, so today, I wanted…