musings of a traveller and food lover

Italy food & culture

Moments…

While we were in the main port of Ischia the crew went out for dinner with the kids…

…”best pasta in the world”

With the summer fading away, I made the last lunch for the family today. One of the kids left for London while the rest of the family are leaving on Friday. This means too, I leave France ...

heaven in my mouth…

I first had my taste of this dessert when my then boyfriend (now ex husband… yes the Swiss cheese) took me to an Italian restaurant up in the northern suburbs where he used to live. ...

panarea, aeolian islands

There is no day I do not think of all the travels I have done all over Italy, or rather all along the coast lines of Italy. One of the memorable trip we did was cruising the Aeolian Islands ...

macelleria equina…venice, italia

I have so many files for some Venetian posts I wanted to share. The day before our boss arrived, I had to go shopping for fresh products. I found the most wonderful market ever in Italy. ...

Captain Ben’s Spaghetti alla Vongole

Ben said we have been eating too much meat lately…. hmm and I said we are in Italy lets enjoy as much as we could the seafood after all when the family comes, we dont have the luxury ...

pranzo prefissato -leciri, italy

The first few weeks after I arrived in La Spezia last October and was literally talking to the cranes for days, the boat was out of the water and outside the yard is just darkness. After 6pm ...

a very tuscan lunch

One first word I learned when I joined the yacht in La Spezia was mangiare: to eat!!! Eating is considered one of life’s great pleasure in Italy. And what about eating somewhere above ...