Originally posted on Carbonara's Weblog : Some Things Realy Are Better In the Shadow of Mount Vesuvius (Coffee Consciousness IV) Italians believe in food, and Neapolitans are the true believers....
Good Gelato Goes Well With Anytime Mid-september is when they start taking down the umbrella farms that cover the long sandy beaches that stretch up and down the Abruzzo coast. The crowds of peop...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2012/09/23/stubborn-september-summer/
Seafood and a Sunday Stroll Along Naples’ New Traffic-free Waterfront Today I was stranded in Naples. A business trip to Puglia all Saturday kept me in town today and far away from Silvia, Sofi...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2012/05/06/prawns-of-my-grandfather/
More Proof that Love is the Best Ingredient I’ve been trying to spend some time in Catania for years, but it has always eluded me. I had come close last Spring when I spoke briefly at two con...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/mortadella-below-mount-etna/
A few thoughts for World Nutella Day Everyone has their comfort food. I have friends who zero in on the nearest pint of Haagen Dazs or Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Growing up in Wisconsin my consol...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2012/02/05/convenient-comfort-innocent-love-in-a-jar/
Beware of Yanks Bearing Pastries (and Free Wi-fi) Emily loves Starbucks, which is not easy for her because we live in a country without a single Starbucks: Italy. She was 11 when she first trie...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/drinking-with-the-enemy-could-starbucks-make-it-in-italy/
Salsiccia con Lenticchie (Sausage with lentils), a guest post by Gillian Nevers I used to wonder why I started to crave sausages and lentils in the fall, just as the leaves on the trees began to ...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/lentil-tales-of-autumn-and-sausage-sunsets/
Real Italian Cooking is Often Simple, But Not Easy. Guests and fish both stink after three days – the saying is the same in Italian as in English. But unlike aquatic creatures guests can buy a ...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2011/10/23/scaloppine-al-marsala-al-limone-and-allamore/
Aglio, Olio and Pommodorini Aglio, olio e pepperoncino (garlic, olive oil and hot pepper) is one of the most sincere and dangerous pasta dishes. Dangerous because so many people shy away from gar...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2011/06/22/a-summer-take-on-italy-most-classic-garlic-dish/
Enjoying the oldest tourist trap in naples. There are two things that Neapolitans all seem to be experts on: espresso and pizza. I have known people from Naples who brought their own tap water no...
https://carbonara.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/a-slice-of-history-pizza-where-they-say-it-all-began/