Fun Things to Do in Rome – Make Your Own Pizza
23 Mar 2025

Fun Things to Do in Rome – Make Your Own Pizza

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  When planning this trip to Italy, I consulted with my granddaughters, who agreed with me that this type of experience sounds like fun. So I purchased tickets for a class offered by Eat & Walk Italy and advertised as … Continued

Why Are San Marzano Tomatoes Special?
8 Jun 2016

Why Are San Marzano Tomatoes Special?

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When chefs throughout the world prepare authentic Italian sauce, San Marzano tomatoes are their preference. These thin, pointy, sweet plum tomatoes  are essential ingredients for an authentic Pizza Napolitana, according to the Verace Pizza Napolitana Association in Naples, Italy. San … Continued

Restaurant Recommendations in Italy
14 Feb 2016

Restaurant Recommendations in Italy

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Certainly one of the best things about traveling to Italy is the food. Mangia, mangia! In Italy there are thousands of restaurants and almost every one of them is Italian. I almost laugh when someone asks for a recommendation of … Continued

Christmas Baking – Making Italian Torrone
23 Dec 2015

Christmas Baking – Making Italian Torrone

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I am not a food blogger but I love to bake. My mother baked almost every day for our family, and she taught me how to bake when I was 10. She was a good teacher and I have enjoyed … Continued

NYC’s Real Little Italy – Arthur Avenue in the Bronx
1 Nov 2015

NYC’s Real Little Italy – Arthur Avenue in the Bronx

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  What most tourists don’t realize,  and  what seems to be a well-kept secret, is that  an area in the Bronx  is fondly referred to as the “real Little Italy” of New York. This is not the same as the … Continued

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