Narrations, anecdotes, talks about food, and short stories of a lesser known Italy by SeveDB
There are plenty of good things we can do with eggplants. My favorite ways include the Parmigiana as described here: Dressing Up an Eggplant, and here: Nothing Like Eggplant Parmigiana to Kick the Season. While on a more international vision, once I learned how to make Baba Ganoush—I do not like the store bought ones […]
Well the conversation about GoT goes back & forth across the Atlantic. Who can stop talking about it? GoT latest episodes are available in Italy via Sky Atlantic in streaming. By the 3:00 am (yes that’s right, the dead of the night!), the latest episode is available. I—however—wait until the Monday evening because I enjoy […]
The 25th of April is an important date for Italy and the Italians that still remenber the year 1945. Liberation Day 🇮🇹 It is the anniversary of the liberation of Italy (also called the Liberation Day) is a national holiday of the Italian Republic which occurs on April 25 of each year. This day marks the […]
Celebrating Spring When winter dies slowly in the spring, on the evenings of those beautiful clear days, happy, without wind, on which windows are keep wide open for the first few times and flower pots are brought on balcomies, cities offer one show kind and full of joy and poetry. Walking along the streets you […]
Torta Pasqualina (the name is a reminder of Easter = Pasqua in Italian); is a light wrapper of puff pastry containing beets, eggs and ricotta cheese to celebrate Easter and spring. It is typical of Ligurian cuisine, but appreciated in every region of Italy. Typical of Spring and its products: eggs, herbs, new onions, marjoram, […]
Ready for Easter? I am! Easter in Italy is a big affair because we have also Easter Monday as an holiday. It once was my favorite day because of the traditional picnic that take place that day—often ruined by rain though. 😕😌 But I also loved Easter because as a child I (likely, … if […]
Sicilian Caponata I’m talking again about another of Montalbano dishes. For one because there are new episodes on National TV; and then because of the season that is bringing good eggplants (and other vegetables) to enjoy. The Sicilian Caponata is one of the side dishes with a capital S (and D), which is often misinterpreted […]
Not Only Balsamic: all types of vinegar to use in the kitchen In Italy a salad is “dressed” exclusively with olive oil, vinegar, salt, and pepper. Some ready made “dressings” can be found on the supermarket shelves, especially the ones that carry international items. But for an Italian nothing beats the simplicity of the OIL […]
850 years of history gone! Too sad and appalled! Quoting Michelle Obama: I will never forget the first time I walked into the Notre Dame Cathedral. I was a teenager on a school trip to Paris. It was my very first international trip, and until then, I hadn’t seen much outside of the South Side […]
A quick post about the topic everybody is talking about:
We all love a glass vase with some flowers on it. And now—Spring and Summer coming up next—we can have flowers to our heart content. I could never do the fancy Japanese arrangements, nor those 5-Stars Hotel Lobby arrangements—though I do envy them—but I do love a simple vase of flowers. From the most humble, […]
Mr. Andrea Camilleri is the “father” of Inspector Montalbano, an Italian television series produced and broadcast by RAI since 1999. The protagonist is commissario (Commissioner) Salvo Montalbano, and the stories are set in the imaginary town of Vigàta, Sicily. The books might be difficult to read for some Italians as they are written in a […]
