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Nutella-filled Red Velvet Cake Pops – The Odyssey!

Recently, in honor of World Nutella Day
 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 “I love you” in italiano? (Come si dice? = How do you say?) is always una buona domanda (a good question), especially around il giorno di San Valentino (Valentine’s Day). . La risposta (the answer) depends … Continue reading

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Che significa Montelupo Fiorentino?

Che significa Montelupo Fiorentino? E che cos’e? (What does Montelupo Fiorentino mean? And what is it?) . . If you guessed that Montelupo Fiorentino means Florentine Mountain Wolf, you’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 capodanno
 di giĂ ! Caspita! (So, well, we’ve arrived at New Year’s Eve
 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) Lisa’s second blog post! If you didn’t read the first one, it’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

  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).    … Continue reading

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Si torna a scuola! / Back to School!

.   E’ arrivato quel momento dell’anno (It’s that time of year) — si torna a scuola! (back to school!)   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

“Word Bridge” (photo by Dutch artist Art Rock) .     “How’s that?,” you say. Well, you might be a student of la bella lingua (Italian’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 official Italian cooking class. While it’s true that I’ve been informally teaching friends and family Italian recipes, tips, and cooking techniques for years
 this was my first organized class
 and it was a huge success — … Continue reading

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Charlie Sheen & Italian Verbs…

Winning >>Vincente!

Charlie Sheen prende in giro un programma di cucina (CS spoofs a cooking show) . L’altra sera in classe, uno studente ha cominciato di parlare di Charlie Sheen. (The other evening in class, a student started talking about Charlie Sheen.) … Continue reading

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