April 25th: festa del bocolo
The 25th April is Liberation day in Italy but it’s also the feast of St. Mark the patron of Venice. This is a very…
Local life experiences
Old recipes books
Look at your books of recipes. In the kitchen, on a special compartment of your bookshelf, or forgotten in a box in the attic….
Quarantine tour
When you grow up in Venice, words as Lazzaretto, plegue, quarantine are part of the common language; Nothing strange. History is in day life…
Frittelle di San Giuseppe
St. Joseph’s fritters are a tradition in our family. Our maternal grandfather was called Giuseppe and he was a very respected and well-known person…
The Cansiglio Forest
There is nothing sparkling in the Cansiglio Forest. Everything is deep, quiet, almost religious. Time seems frozen there. You can feel the presence of…
The Armenians in Venice
My father’s hand holding my hand. I don’t know why, but this is the first memory I have of the San Lazzaro degli Armeni…
The stick, the water bottle and… the chocolate
We have already talked on this blog of our family walks along the mountain trails in summer. A tradition that is deep in our…
Castagnole recipe
Ready to try a very easy and yummy Carnival sweet? Castagnole Recipe
A surprise in a book
A quiet, typical Italian village. In Toscany. I can imagine the delicate noise of the feet on the ancient pavement, the gentle smell of…
Polenta leftovers recipe
In these first days of January we stuck with our old – and we really think good – habits. As children, we learned to…