Narrations, anecdotes, talks about food, and short stories of a lesser known Italy by SeveDB
If there is one place where there are plenty of outdoors caffees that is Treviso, and Treviso area is the main producer of the famous Prosecco. I already provided an intro to Treviso with “Treviso, way off the beaten path….”, so we know that it is a “well-off” city, first because of its ties with […]
Unusual but Delicious I like to try unusual combinations when I cook. Like the Winter Roses for Salad, or the Special Day Risotto; Strawberries Fields Forever Spring is almost upon us, at the market there are the first strawberries looking quite inviting. Cooking For Friends Having friends over I decided to serve ”strawberries and grilled […]
No Introduction Needed Teatro La Fenice—“The Phoenix”—is the opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of “the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre“, and in the history of opera as a whole. Sadly, La Fenice gained popularity once more rather recently with yet another fire that destroyed a large part of this beautiful Opera House. La Fenice really […]
Fotografiska Museum is Stockholm Non-Museum! One place [museum] that one can always visit and find it always new is the Fotografiska Museum in Södermalm, one of the many islands of Stockholm. I like it because Fotografiska is a centre for contemporary photography in Stockholm, Sweden. Despite its name, it is not a museum because it […]
The Best For Last The last stop on this one-day tour of the oriental part of Italy that borders Slovenia was a stop at the Castle of Spessa. A place I truly loved, where I’d love to spend a long weekend as spring settles in. The origins of this castle dates back to the 1200s, […]
San Floriano del Collio Not far from Gorizia, there is a Castle perched on a lovely hill, well visible from afar—at least in winter—that is where I went for lunch after visiting the Gorizia Fortress. The castle of San Floriano was part of the defensive system that included the fortresses of Gorizia and was involved […]
Gorizia is a border town located at the foot of the Julian Alps, bordering Slovenia. Until 2004 it was physically divided by a wall, just like Berlin. It was not a wall though, rather a fence. Nevertheless Gorizia was practically divided; half italian and half [then] Yugoslavia, now Slovenia. The twin town across the border […]
The latest trend in pasta is the legume-based pasta. Made from red, green or yellow lentils, peas, chickpeas, beans, and even soybeans. It is appearing on the shelves of shops dedicated to natural food and peeping out even in neighborhood supermarkets. How it is made (and why) The pasta is obtained, in all its shapes, […]
The international women’s day The idea of an international women’s day was born in February 1909 in the United States. The motivations that led to the choice of that date, March 8, are not clear from the congress documents. The origins of the holiday can be traced back to March 8, 1857, when garment workers […]
How to eat winter vegetables that are so-so, and that frankly I don’t really care for… kind-of-thing. I recall years ago when Bush Senior (RIP), was President he once jokingly said that he never liked broccoli and now that he is the POTUS he is NOT going to eat broccoli. The day after gregarious California […]
In Game of Thrones they repeated “Winter is Coming” like a dire mantra. In fact for the next and last season we are all expecting great calamities. Could it be that in these modern days we should repeat instead “Summer is Coming” as a dire warning? Sure Summer—always preceeded by Spring—is way prettier than late […]
After the parade of colorful masks of The Story of Venice Carnevale, a curiosity about the meaning of these peculiar masks that we always see in Venice. History The use of these rudimentary protective masks started back in the XIV century, when the doctors, during the epidemics, began to wear particular beak-shaped masks. The idea […]
