In four weeks, I haven’t eaten much chocolate. This, despite being in one of the major fine chocolate countries of the world, and reading David Lebovitz, who writes about European chocolate factories at least once a week. But this one was too good to resist. I think this is the closest I’ve ever come to […]
Working on three customer upgrades today plus playing with my new phone didn’t give me much time to cook. Although we did make a cake today… when we frost it I’ll post the photos 🙂 So leftovers for dinner… I wanted to share but I won’t take a photo because it doesn’t look very appetizing. […]
Alisa has been talking about risotto lately, so at the store today I examined the selection and picked out the plainest looking bag i could find: After my work calls and catch up, I threw this together: saute for a few minutes, until onion is soft: 1 T butter 1 T olive oil 6 garlic […]
la ragazza at the produce store today thought it was funny that i wanted this congiunto pomodoro:
In our afternoon shopping trip to town we found beautiful zucchini with their flowers. So of course we had to have that for dinner! Bella also picked out tortellini at Self Service and cooked them up for me. Can you believe how red those pomodori are? And if you could just smell how fabulous my […]
Today was a full day of work. No sightseeing at all. After my evening conference calls, we went to I Macelli for dinner, again. They know us so well that they bring our drinks before we even order. Tonight we had our old favorites: antipasto al tartufo and ravioli di castagne, with torta al formaggio […]
The best restaurant we have found in the Lucca area is Butterfly, which I had noticed the first time I drove out here (and which was exactly a year ago this week). We tried to go last November after thanksgiving but they were full. We finally made it in May with Amy & Joanne and […]
While walking around trying to find dinner we came across a restaurant called Tre Cristi and decided to have dinner there. Jenn and Carolyn ordered the Chef’s tasting Menu and Wine pairings and I ordered my usual pasta with olive oil and cheese. What came first as an appetizer was a tiny mixture of bread,tomatoes,and […]
Perfetto. Course 0: salad of fresh tomato, cucumber, onion, garlic, bread Wine: Pinot noir prosecco Course 1: tuna tartare with anchovies and peanut sauce Wine: Pinot grigio Course 2: steamed calamari with basil, squash and tomato Wine: Gevurztraminer Course 3: prawns with bacon over beans Course 4: Monkfish with jellyfish flakes, tomatoes and gnocchi Wine: […]
Today we also drove around the Lucca hills looking for an olive oil factory. We finally found one that was open and not too busy, the last one on our list! The woman, Carla, was so nice she gave us a quick little tour. I will definitely come back here!