Share Last month just as the Christmas holidays were coming to an end, I was reminded it’s Carnevale time when I saw frappe and castagnole in bakery shops. Bakery shops in Rome sure know how to move from one festivity to another without losing a beat. As I have made a commitment to eat healthy [...] Carnevale Time: Castagnole Recipes
February 3, 2012 By 2 Comments
Share Last month just as the Christmas holidays were coming to an end, I was reminded it’s Carnevale time when I saw frappe and castagnole in bakery shops. Bakery shops in Rome sure know how to move from one festivity to another without losing a beat. As I have made a commitment to eat healthy [...] Chinese New Year Event in Rome 2012
January 14, 2012 By 4 Comments
Share Huge disappointment. That’s how I feel about this year’s Chinese New Year event that’s taking place in Piazza del Popolo this afternoon. It is a four-hour event that culminates with fireworks at about 6.15pm. Why the disappointment? For me, the only sense of Chinese New Year in Rome is this event and the reason [...] How To Make Tortellini
December 20, 2011 By 1 Comment
Share This year for Christmas, I finally decided to learn how to make tortellini. With many months of practice in making fresh pasta, I figured I am ready to make tortellini for Christmas day. Another reason is because the usual pasta shop where we order tortellini has closed and also, since Christmas lunch will just [...] Christmas Box and Legend of the Panettone
December 19, 2011 By 2 Comments
Share Every year, my husband gets a Christmas box filled with goodies for the holidays as a present from his company. Each year, I eagerly look forward to see what we will get. I know this is a tradition in some other companies too and have heard complaints from others that their Christmas box is [...] Ricciarelli Recipe: Italian Christmas Treat
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Share That’s all there is to the ricciarelli recipe? This was my reaction when I was researching some ricciarelli recipes online. I have always seen ricciarelli sold in supermarkets during this time of the year but never thought much about them as pandoro, panettone and variations of them are the main “dessert” on most Italian [...] BR Briefs: Christmas Tree in Piazza Venezia
December 8, 2011 By 5 Comments
Share While going to the center of Rome this evening to catch a movie, we passed by Piazza Venezia and saw the newly replaced Christmas tree all lit up. There is also the nativity scene. Nearby, Via del Corso was completely covered with the colors of the Italian flag to celebrate the 150th anniversary of [...] Festa del Pesce in Positano
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Share When we got to Positano last Thursday, there were posters everywhere about the Festa del Pesce which would take place that Saturday evening on Fornillo Beach. We didn’t come to Positano specifically for this and didn’t know about it at all. From what I had heard, some did come to Positano that weekend just [...] Sagra dei Stringozzi in Casperia
August 7, 2011 By 4 Comments
Share We weren’t originally going to Casperia for the Sagra but instead to visit my brother-in-law who was spending the week there. However, the day we were, there was the Sagra dei Stringozzi. What’s a Sagra? It’s basically a festival and there are usually about food! While there were flyers all over Casperia about this [...] Pasquetta in Rome
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Share “Pasquetta” when literally translated into English means ‘Small Easter”. It is the holiday after Easter Sunday and many people here in Rome take the opportunity to leave the city for a day trip. Often, friends would get together for a picnic and take advantage of the arrival of Spring. People always hope for good [...] Easter in Rome Italy
April 4, 2010 By 4 Comments
Share Easter celebrations here in Rome started a month ago with supermarkets selling a wide variety of chocolate Easter eggs and a typical Italian cake called colomba. Although Easter is a religious festival, the commercialization of Easter in Italy has resulted in many children associating Easter with chocolate eggs. However, the religious celebrations in Rome [...] 
