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On the road in Italy, in magnificent Rome

Strawberry and Rhubarb Tartlets Let me tell me you a little more about today, and Rome. If you had told me a few months ago that I would be in Rome for my birthday, I would not have believed you. I mean, how spoiled am I? It feels like a real dream to be in [...]

Italian splendor “You are lucky,” the young dark-haired Italian woman who greets us at our B&B in Siena says. “Last week, it was still pouring with rain, that’s why we are only opening the pool later in the month.” Bummer, I think. I am really dying to have a dip, especially after our drive and [...]

Boston in Spring The reality is that I took the pictures you see above three weeks ago, the day we left for our trip to Europe — and I am glad I did. I came back Thursday night, tired and jet-lagged, to find back a gray sky with lots of rain. What a change from [...]

Grated Celeriac with Long Pepper Tartlet on an Olive Oil Crust. Where have I been, I wonder myself, and where did time fly by this week? I just don’t know. Sometimes life takes its course, not asking whether you agree with it or not. And with this being said, it was really much harder for [...]

Rhubarb, Raspberry Clafoutis The breeze felt soft and refreshing on my arms, and the generous afternoon sun warmed my face as I lay comfortably settled in one of the long chairs strategically arranged under the blossoming cherry trees in my parents’ garden; they will give a lot of fruit this year, if the starlings and [...]