On the 8th of March it is tradition to give all women a little bunch of Mimosa, a delicate, bright yellow flower to celebrate  the ‘Festa della Donna’  (International Women’s Day)   When I first saw this flower in abundance here, I was quite surprised as was sure that this was the Wattle tree and native only to […]

One of my all-time favourite comfort foods is Pappa al Pomodoro and we make it about every other week, usually when we have too much bread that is not going to be eaten.  Thomas loves it (no surprise there) but Matteo has decided that he doesn’t like it even if I smother it with parmesan […]

  Via dei Neri is becoming known as the ‘Strada del Cibo’ / or Eat Street and it’s easy to see why.  This last Saturday a new restaurant opened up and is already creating quite the buzz.  Beijing8 is actually a Swedish chain of Chinese restaurants with a focus on dumplings and tea.  With over […]