Archive for the ‘Made in Italy’ Category

Pasta is one of the most, if not the most, used ingredients in Italian cooking, which is part of the Mediterranean diet. Now I am giving a few tips or advice in order to cook and use properly pasta.

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Bruschetta is typically used as a starter. The recipe: take a slice (about 3/4 of an inch thick) of Italian bread (the one with a crunchy crust). Cut in half a clove of garlic and rub the bread with the flat surface of one half garlic’s clove (rub both sides of the bread). Toast it in a barbeque or a grille; it should be lightly burned on both sides. Add some olive oil (extra virgin or regular, your choice) and serve it still warm.

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Many of my friends have asked me to publish a few of my tasty recipes and in order to do so I decided to use my blog. Please note that these are real Italian food recipes and don’t follow the usual format used for recipes.

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Finally I have decided to go a step further. Now I am accepting applications for students of Italian. I will teach them Italian (did I write that I am Italian mother tongue?) I come from the only part of Italy where Italian is spoken properly (Tuscany) and I have a deep knowledge of the Italian grammar as well of course the perfect pronunciation of words. I heard a few “Teachers of Italian” and I was horrified; they have probably learned Italian on CD’s!!

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Barbara DeMaio Caprilli, Master Voice Teacher and Internationally Acclaimed Opera Singer, is proud to announce the opening of her new private voice studio. She will teach you how to sing like a pro, selecting the repertoire right for your voice and age. She is the Director of the American Singers’ Opera Project of North Carolina and the Head of the Voice Department at Salem College. She resides in Winston Salem, which is a crucial location that serves areas such as Winston Salem, Greensboro, High Point, Kernersville and the rest of the Piedmont Triad area.

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It’s a well known fact that airlines have crazy fares; they change prices by the minute. Lately, with this “cost of gasoline” frenzy, every excuse is good to hit Customers with stupid surcharges, such as the checked luggage. Yesterday I found out something even crazier.

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Spanish Steps apartment in Rome

In this post I want to give some advice for people looking to rent apartments in Rome (Italy).

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Italy is well know for pasta and pizza. We have many different kind of pasta. Since my family is in part from Tuscany and in part from Emilia Romagna, my cooking style is greatly influenced by my heritage. I don’t like steaks in general, and for this reason I do my best with other stuff such as: pasta, pizza, chicken and fish (with or without shells).

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Have you ever eaten in an Italian restaurant in the US? 99% of the time you ate everything but Italian. What about Italian Food Books? The situation is not much better.

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Renting an apartment in Rome is a matter of choice. Usually travelers rent apartments only because they want to save money.

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