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An American girl moves to her family's ancestral village in southern Italy, falls in love, gets a dog, writes to her heart's content, and begins bleeding espresso. No, really.
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Book Review: The Chamberlain Litany by Peter T. Marsh
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I got a copy of The Chamberlain Litany by Peter T. Marsh from Haus Publishing, who you may remember also published The Mystery of Lewis Carroll by Jenny Woolf. I was particularly intrigued by the description following the title of the book, “Letters Within a Governing Family from Empire to Appeasement.”
I will admit to knowing very little of early 20th century British history and even less about the Chamberlain family, and these were two reasons I was interested in reading this book...
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Panino Caprese: Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil Sandwich
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One of our summer staples around here is the Caprese Salad, but sometimes you just want something you can hold in your hand . . . enter the panino caprese.
As with many Italian dishes, the quality of ingredients in this week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday is extremely important, so you should use the best tomatoes (homegrown off the vine), mozzarella (di bufala) and olive oil (extra virgin) you can find. Basil, oregano, and salt round out the ingredients.
I like to put some olive oil...
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Life, Death, and Cherries
From bleeding espresso, 3 days ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Erma Bombeck famously wrote If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits'
Today in my hometown, a man is being buried when he should be celebrating his 37th birthday with his two young daughters.
We were never exceptionally close, but my lasting memory of him will always be that during high school, he called me by my brother’s name with a “Little” in front of it. You see, my brother is six years older than me, so he wasn’t there in person to watch over me...
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Love Thursday: Los Angeles' Watts Towers by Simon Rodia, Italian Immigrant
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This week’s Love Thursday comes from our trusty correspondent Salena who recently did a great 3-part series on the Watts Towers by Simon Rodia over at her place, The Daily Rant. Salena saw a special theme emerge as she was taking beautiful photos of this amazing creation, though, and she was kind enough to share with us:
Love Blooms in L.A.
I had never even heard of this magnificent structure — so imagine my surprise when I found out that the Italian immigrant who built it actually...
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Win a Bag of Café Orzo: The Italian Caffeine-Free Alternative to Coffee
From bleeding espresso, 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
If you’ve been in a bar in Italy, you may have heard someone order “un caffè d’orzo” instead of a plain old un caffè.
What is orzo?
Orzo is roasted barley, naturally caffeine-free, and DEEE-licious. I drink orzo from time to time, although I normally make it with milk into an orzo latte or orzoccino instead of drinking it like coffee — but you can certainly just put it in your coffee or espresso maker (it’s brewed the same way) and drink it...
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Panino Con La Mortadella Fritta
From bleeding espresso, 2 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Sounds fancy, eh' OK, then let’s stick with that instead of calling this week’s What’s Cooking Wednesday what it really is: a fried bologna sandwich. With senape!
Have you ever had un panino con la mortadella fritta' Even if you don’t normally like bologna, I highly recommend finding the best sliced mortadella you can, tearing it up into smaller pieces, frying it in a pan (no oil, just a hot pan), and then slapping it on a fresh Italian roll. Oh, and add mustard.
My...
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Love Thursday: Family and Friends Edition
From bleeding espresso, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
This week’s Love Thursday is quite special because the photos come from two friends made via Internet and my very own niece, Mia:
From L-R:
(1) My friend Beth’s daughter Sarah made a batch of peanut butter cookies and this heart came out.
(2) My friend Lucy of On my way 2 work and Other Stuff spotted this branch-formed heart.
(3) My niece Mia caught this heart-shaped puddle before it dried up.
(4) Again, Mia’s eye saw a heart in this pork cutlet.
I have *no* idea who Mia...
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Celebrating the Fourth of July in Italy
From bleeding espresso, 3 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Quite a few people have asked me over the years whether Italians celebrate the Fourth of July. The simple answer is no, as Italians don’t particularly care when the United States became an independent nation.
But chances are if you find an American on July 4th, you’ll at least find some kind of cookout around. Most of the Americans in Italy I know still find a way to celebrate — and many of us also wear our American flag t-shirts as well (myself included). P.S. Those...
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Amanda Knox Conviction: Motivazioni della Sentenza
From bleeding espresso, 4 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
So far this week, we’ve been through the alleged anti-American bias and so-called media circus in the Amanda Knox murder case.
Quick recap: While it seems many (not all) Knox supporters have backed off the anti-Americanism claim, many still don’t believe the experiences of those of us who live in Italy regarding media coverage. I don’t know why I (and other Americans living in Italy who commented on the post of their own free will) would have any motivation to lie about how...
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The Media Circus in the Amanda Knox Case
From bleeding espresso, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
On Monday I talked about the alleged anti-Americanism in the Amanda Knox case from my perspective as an American living in Italy. The comments got a bit (a lot) out of control with a debate about whodunit, what the police did right/wrong, and all kinds of stuff that weren’t mentioned in my post.
That’s cool — I don’t want to stifle discussion, even though I’m sure many of the posters have been all over the Internet saying the same things. I’d rather comments...
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