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Daily Archives Friday, August 2008

Milano

The first time I was in Milan, in 1989, I hated it. I was there because a friend I was traveling with had her passport stolen while sleeping on the train to Venice. So we had to get off in Verona and go back to Milan. We wandered around looking for a [...]

Posted 15 August 2008 ~ Carolyn § foto § stuff ‡ Comments (0)

Buon Ferragosto!

I had planned to drive to Bassignana today, hometown of my great grandparents. However, the combination of the late night before, the rain, and the holiday, convinced me to put that off until another visit. The rain was off and on, mostly while we were driving. Nothing torrential really, rain here kind [...]

Posted 15 August 2008 ~ Carolyn § foto ‡ Comments (0)

Pane di mais

Isabella made this delicious corn bread for our driving and train trips this weekend before we left. We adapted a recipe from epicurious:
1 c white flour
1 c polenta
1 T baking powder (we used baking ammonia because that’s all we had… but I think it might have been too much)
4 T butter 3 small [...]

Posted 15 August 2008 ~ Carolyn § cibo § foto ‡ Comments (0)
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