1 Tomato, 2 Tomato, 3 Tomato, 4 ~
Tomato 101 Here is a little “Tomato 101” video class on tomatoes ~ specifically, canned...
Ah, to love~
~ The Love Apple ~ (Heirloom Tomato, Onion, Basil and Mint Tart Recipe) When the...
It’s Child’s Play~
Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe On my most recent trip to Italy I stayed with the...
Let’s Bake a Cake~
La Torta di Stefano ~ Coconut Yogurt Cake with Nutella Frosting In honor of World...
A New Year ~ A New Diet
Got Fruit? With the ever increasing popularity of my book Beyond the Pasta, I have...
Back to the Future ~ Viterbo bound
~ Returning to my now Italian home ~ Writing a book about real people and...
New Year’s Greetings from Viterbo, Italy~
Start off the New Year reducing your waist ~ Italian-Style As an American I think...
My bags are packed and I’m ready to fly~
What will 2011 bring? Ah, the last post of 2010 and what a year it...
Cookies for Santa? Maybe he’ll share~
Biscotti Natale It’s Christmas time and that means COOKIES! Have to have something to put...
La Parola del Giorno ~ Coraggio!
The Word of the Day ~ Courage! We have all just survived or, at least...
Denver and the Dog~
When the West gets wild~ [frame_left]https://www.beyondthepasta.com/wp-content/uploads/Biker-Jims-menu-2-e1290243865736.jpg[/frame_left] “I’d like a wild boar brat.” I said to...
A Simple Cup of Joe~
“How about a warmer upper?” I have a very nostalgic view of coffee, “java,” ‘joe”...
What’s the buzz, tell me what’s a happenin’ ~
Besides all of the personal e-mails I am receiving from people who are enjoying the...
Where, oh where, has my kitchen gone~ A cooking lesson!
Enjoy the recipe and the cooking lesson! Think you have to have a fantastic kitchen...
La Parola del Giorno ~ Tavolo
The Word of the Day ~ Table I am sure you are thinking, “What is...
An evening spent around a table~
Earlier in September I spent a wonderful evening at The Book Shelf in Winona, Minnesota,...
“In fourteen hundred ninety-two~
~ Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Happy Columbus Day! In honor of good ole Chris...
“Suckered” into loving breakfast~
My second day in Seattle started off with the unusual. In the block up the...
It all started with a negroni~
[frame_left]https://www.beyondthepasta.com/wp-content/uploads/Negroni-e1286085084464.jpg[/frame_left]Rushing from the airport to a downtown hotel, only to quickly change clothes, grab a...
It’s a party ~ Italian-style!
[frame_left]https://www.beyondthepasta.com/wp-content/uploads/Seattle-Needle-e1285605906588.jpg[/frame_left]I spent this past weekend in Seattle for the Festa Italiana and it was incredibly...
Put one foot in front of the other ~
[frame_left]Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an Italian Family – and it was...
A Sunday in Italy ~ almost
My life lately has been all about Italy – the book is out, I have...
La Macchina di Santa Rosa~ una grande festa!
There was a huge festival in Viterbo, Italy, last night (Sept 3) … La Macchina...
On the way to the top~
See and download the full gallery on posterous Put one step in front of the...
Coming Soon~
The launch of my book and the new website/blog! The book is at the printers...
“Beyond the Pasta” Trailer~
Below is the latest trailer for my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life...
Publishers Weekly mentions Beyond the Pasta~
I am very excited to announce that my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language &...
The 3rd endorsement for “Beyond the Pasta”~
The book jacket is now complete! I am very thrilled to announce that...
Everyone – dive into the pool!
See and download the full gallery on posterous Hmmm, trunks or no trunks?! It is...
A boy named Sue ~
See and download the full gallery on posterous You never have to go into the...
This little piggy went to market~
…and there will be no “wee, wee, weeing” all the way home! It is summer...
Where’s the beef?
Discovering the Italian sandwich~ Recently a friend e-mailed me asking for a “big, fat, greasy,...