It’s always good to be back in the San Francisco Bay area where so many Santa Clara, Berkeley and Rome-jr-yr-abroad friends live. And now there’s an even greater reason to love my…
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I’ve loved acting as guide for Kathy Weeks of Tesoro Travel’s Umbria trips. What a joy to re-unite with Kathy and some of her tour group over the burners as we prepared…
Last time I saw Shannon was in Assisi where I toured with her, husband Tom and their three bellissimi bambini during the two years they were living in Treviso, north of Venice.…
Valerie and Ann gathered together a happy group for a Seattle cooking class just a few days ago, some were friends of theirs and others were people who had contacted me requesting…
The last thing that I expected from my February 10th Seattle cooking class was the incorporation of black truffle into our menu! Yes, truffles are certainly a highlight of Umbrian culinary specialties…
How good to be back with Nancy and Brant again! We first met in Umbria five years ago when they toured the medieval hilltowns with me and they just hosted their third…
February 4th is just around the corner: D-day for me: “Departure Day”. My U.S. cooking lessons/lectures tour starts in Los Angeles again this year – and then I’ll be cooking in Seattle,…
What are the common denominators of Italians? For me, there are five: certainly their sense of family along with a flair of interpersonal relationships – and who would argue about their lack…
Plans have just been finalized for me to lecture at Boston’s MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Needless to say I am very honored to be asked and excited at the idea of…
Departure date (February 4, 2011) is near! Time to finalize my itinerary. read more…