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Signs from Readers + Contest Winner | Foto Blog

Ciao a tutti šŸ™‚ After an autumn hiatus, the blog is back! . Today I thought Iā€™d shareĀ  some of the signs that readers have sent in response to my recent blog posts, ā€œA Good Sign| Un buon segnoā€ and … Continue reading

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Nutella-filled Red Velvet Cake Pops – The Odyssey!

Recently, in honor of World Nutella Dayā€¦ Giada Antonucci (friend, Italian student, and baking-partner-in-crime) and I got together to concoct a recipe that I dreamt up using Nutella (that most delicious, creamy chocolate & hazlenut Italian spread). . . Annual … Continue reading

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Saying “I love you” in Italian

. Come si dice ā€œI love youā€ in italiano? (Come si dice? = How do you say?) is always una buona domanda (a good question), especially around il giorno di San Valentino (Valentineā€™s Day). . La risposta (the answer) depends … Continue reading

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Che significa Montelupo Fiorentino?

Che significa Montelupo Fiorentino? E che cosā€™e? (What does Montelupo Fiorentino mean? And what is it?) . . If you guessed that Montelupo Fiorentino means Florentine Mountain Wolf, youā€™re right! If you thought it might be the name of an … Continue reading

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Italian Traditions>> Food: A New Year’s Recipe for Prosperity

~Blog Repost~ . Allora, dunque, siamo arrivati a capodannoā€¦ di giĆ ! Caspita! (So, well, weā€™ve arrived at New Yearā€™s Eveā€¦ already! Goodness/Yikes!) And I promised to post a recipe for the yummy traditional Italian holiday dish of lenticchie (lentils). Often … Continue reading

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Guest Blog: Part 2–“La scuola”

A Student in Florence

Ecco (Here is) Lisaā€™s second blog post! If you didnā€™t read the first one, itā€™s here: Guest Blog Part 1 In breve (in short), Lisa, one of my students, is living her sogno (dream) by spending sette settimane (seven weeks) … Continue reading

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Una Celebrazione di FIBER ARTS>>

Le antiche arti femminili

Ā  Perhaps you practice one of the many varieties of fiber arts, or perhaps you just appreciate i prodotti finiti (the finished products) resulting from skills that have been tramandati da generazione in generazione (passed from generation to generation).Ā  Ā  … Continue reading

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Si torna a scuola! / Back to School!

. Ā  Eā€™ arrivato quel momento dellā€™anno (Itā€™s that time of year) ā€” si torna a scuola! (back to school!) Ā  Here, to build up your repertoire, una manciata di vocaboli italiani riguardanti la scuola (a handful of Italian words … Continue reading

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Everybody Speaks Italian — The Cool Phenomenon of Language Crossover

ā€œWord Bridgeā€ (photo by Dutch artist Art Rock) . Ā  Ā  ā€œHowā€™s that?,ā€ you say. Well, you might be a student of la bella lingua (Italianā€™s nickname, meaning, literally, the beautiful language) and speak it with some degree of proficiency, … Continue reading

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Favorite Artichoke Recipe: “Carciofi al cartoccio”

I recently held my first-ever officialĀ Italian cooking class. While itā€™s true that Iā€™ve been informally teaching friends and family Italian recipes, tips, and cooking techniques for yearsā€¦ this was my first organized classā€¦ and it was a huge success ā€” … Continue reading

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