Tips for Thanksgiving with a Vegetarian at the Table

Thanksgiving is one if my favorite family holidays and even if I’m not American, my husband is, and so  it has become an important festivity for me even as much as Christmas. I’ve been celebrating Thanksgiving for many years now but most of the time we are in Italy. The atmosphere here is a little bit different, shops are all open and everybody is working, but we have always managed to have all day free to cook no matter what. We celebrate Thanksgiving at our house together with family and closest friends. In the past it was not so easy to find a good size turkey but we finally found a place that provides them even if we’re not so close to Christmas, which is the season farmers grow their turkeys for. I’m personally not so fond of the  turkey itself, I’m more a stuffing kind of person not to mention my unconditional passion for all the side dishes and desserts. Continue reading

Colomba symbol of peace

Easter is one of the most important Christian holidays in Italy. A celebration of the death an the rebirth of Christ. After church on Easter Sunday most families gather at the table to have Easter dinner together. Easter dinner in Italy is usually concluded with a cake that takes on one of the most recognizable symbols of Easter, the dove. The Colomba cake takes on this shape precisely because the word ‘Colomba’ in Italian means dove. Thus, it is a fitting dessert as a symbol of peace to finish Easter Dinner.

The Colomba cake finds its roots in Lombardia even if some believe it is from Northern Europe. There are are different legends that surround its birth. Here is one of them. Continue reading

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