Pasta e Fagioli is one of the most famous Italian dishes. It is considered to be among the “national” Italian dishes. Italians eat it from the Alps to the Mediterranean and it varies from region to region or even from home to home. Its ingredients are simple and ones we can find in any home...
When the Trojan War ended with the victory of Greek army over Troy, all heroes returned back home. Agamemnon was one of them. He goes back to his palace in Mycenae and there his wife Clytemnestra welcomes him with glory and seems to accept even his mistress trophy Kassandra. Nevertheless, a behind the scenes story...
Along with China, that had a bulletin that was delivered among government officials, Romans at a very early stage understood the importance of sharing information. They created a “what we call today” gazette from 59 B.C to A.D. 222. The Romans were writing on it different articles and about different things such as: gossip, deaths,...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! Hello and Happy 2016 to all of you! Helping my son on a project about Roman Empire gave me the chance to learn more about this historical era and discover some things that were completely new to me. Roman Empire was a major power for 700...
Christmas is just a breath away, literally and I am continuing my presentations of alternatives for Christmas Eve and Day. As my family consists of three, I thought of sharing with you main courses that are for small families or empty nests. Very easy to make, elegant and very tasty will please your taste...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! As I have mentioned to you before, I always try and retry a certain recipe before I post it here. Also, during every week I am searching and get inspired so as to make something not all the times uniqu,e but at least very tasty. Apart...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! I don’t know if you have seen Captain Corelli’s Mandolin with Nicolas Cage and Penelope Cruz. Captain Antonio Corelli is a Greek-speaking officer of the Italian army with an irrepressibly jovial personality and a passion for the mandolin. The daughter of the village doctor, Pelagia, is...
Η συνταγή και στα ελληνικά στο τέλος της ανάρτησης! By now you must have realized that bread is my latest obsession. Doesn’t that happen to you? I mean, don’t you sometimes get obsessed with a specific type of food and do it over and over again in different ways and with different materials? The same...
I don’t know about where you live, but the weather here does a lot of tricks lately. Just until couple of days ago it was chilly and rainy. It seems like winter is refusing to give its place to spring. I don’t know how you feel, but I really want some spring flavor here. I...
I had a teacher, her name is Laura. She taught me Italian. Then from my teacher became my friend. In the end, she was still teaching me Italian, but she refused to take any money. I know her since I was in my 20s that is more than 20 years. She introduced me to the...
