Is breaking your traditions a good thing or a bad? Does it show adaptation and a willingness to embrace change or do we miss it like a part of us that has been broken off? For most of the last 10 years on New Years Eve my husband and I have reveled in our hotel ...
Leaving Lano and Colle di Val d’Elsa in the Tuscan center we drive towards the Etruscan coast andCecina. A 70 kilometer drive through the hot baked landscapes of harvested wheat fields changing to tall rushes and endless sunflower fields along the side of the road that indicate we are approaching the sea. The car windows are open for ...
I love clams! The remind of my childhood in New England and the smell of the Atlantic Ocean in the winter. Although we often can get fresh vongole mussels from Italy, real clams are a rare treat. These clams came all the way from New Zealand but were as fresh and delicious as could be. ...
Returning to my beloved New England for my XXth class reunion was worth making the transatlantic flight; even it was only for 4 days. I hadn’t been “home” (my parents and siblings no longer live here) for 20 years! But some things never change. The smell of the sea when you get off the plane ...
Our last few weeks have been filled with great travel destinations and exciting encounters with “old” and new friends. For a culinary point of view it has been a challenge both to our dieting goals and at times to our taste buds. Our first weekend back home in many weeks held so many chores but ...