Dec

20

Pandoro or Panettone for Christmas

December 20, 2008 | 4 Comments

In December stores are buried with goodies of every kind either you have a precise idea of what to buy or you’ll get lost in them for hours, picking, choosing and changing your mind about a hundred times. There’s one thing that all the Italians will buy and that is pandoro or panettone, our Italian [...]

Dec

11

Santa Lucia is coming to town

December 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

December has arrived and Christmas is definitely in the air. Christmas lights are decorating Verona and few days ago the Nativity set International Exhibition that takes place inside the Arena di Verona has been inaugurated. The exhibition hosts more than 400 nativity sets from all over the world. The famous comet star has been built [...]

Dec

1

Baked Pasta with Squash and Spinach

December 1, 2008 | 4 Comments

After 3 days of turkey leftovers I couldn’t take it anymore I needed something vegetarian 100% and light. I actually didn’t know exactly what to prepare so I opened the refrigerator and found a piece of squash, spinach and some scallions. I decided then to prepare a baked pasta. It actually came out pretty good [...]



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