Today we are wrapping up the two-month Real Recipe Wednesday series here on My Bella Vita. In case you missed them, you can check out some great recipes like Pasta Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino, Bucatini all’ Amatriciana, Orecchiette con Pelati e Ricotta and Merluzzo e Pomodorini, as well as a few regional favorites, like Sicilian...Read More
And no, that’s not a typo for “lasagna.” We’ve already done that recipe … remember? Lagane is a homemade southern Italian pasta that many food historians believe to be the origin of modern-day lasagna. It is traditionally served with chickpeas, but you’ll have to wait until next week for that recipe. Today, we’re delving into...Read More
Yep … that’s right. As I announced in my newsletter this morning, Bella Vita Travel Services and Il Cedro Bed and Breakfast are adding one new member to our travel-loving family. We’re expanding our team … but that’s not all that’s getting bigger. Just a few days before I left for my summer trip to...Read More
I get a lot of hits and a good deal of personal emails from people who are either involved in a long-distance relationship with an Italian or are planning to tie the knot with a foreigner and want to talk to someone “who’s been there.” Interestingly enough, I’m actually the “foreigner,” in this relationship, but...Read More
Some of my favorite-and most popular-posts are about the complex, intriguing, sometimes difficult, but always charming … bella lingua italiana. A couple of months ago, Jessica from Why Go Italy shared her favorite Italian words, a week later, I listed five of mine and Melanie from Italofile started a meme that lists favorite Italian words...Read More
On Monday I shared three words that were the hardest for me to pronounce in Italian-not because they are difficult, per se, but because no one would correct me … “cause it was so darn cute.” Well, you know what they say about paybacks? He he he … . Ahem.Read More
You’d think having an Italian husband who speaks four languages and a father-in-law who is a retired Italian professor would help my quest to perfect the language. You’d think. The problem is, they think it is cute when I butcher their beautiful words and they take their sweet time correcting me on them.Read More
Surviving a long distance relationship is not impossible. No, it’s not easy-but it is doable. I dated my husband five years long distance-he was in southern Italy, I was in southeast Texas-and they were the longest five years of my life.Read More
Surviving a long distance relationship is not impossible. No, it’s not easy-but it is doable. I dated my husband five years long distance-he was in southern Italy, I was in southeast Texas-and they were the longest five years of my life. They were also instrumental in helping us nurture our relationship and establish the foundation...Read More
You know how your mom said something as a child that always stuck with you and you find yourself remembering those wise words well into your adult years? Well, when I was young, I had a hard time understanding the Mother’s and Father’s Day gift-giving rituals that excluding us kids. “But when is Kid’s Day?”...Read More
