Here below, another addition from America’s Test Kitchen and NPR.  Note how it does not violate any of my rules from the post before this one (except I don’t own a potato masher).  Plus, I love sweet potatoes and could eat them everyday.  However,...

In honor of Thanksgiving (which again, is one of my least favorite holidays), here is a pumpkin pie recipe via NPR, and one of my favorite shows: America’s Test Kitchen (like for seriously, look up their mac and cheese recipe). I’ve reprinted it here...

I had set-up “hanging out” with Michele this past Sunday earlier last week.   I though it best to keep my trip to Genova on the front burner, lest Michele find some other trick he would rather take with him.  Sunday morning brought with it a noon...

So, I’m too lazy to sign up for a real Flickr account, and I’ve maxed out my uploads for a month.  So above you will find some new pictures.   In the doldrums between the beginning of fall and the xmas high season of consumer craziness, Turin seemed...

I have oft not written about some ‘darker’ sides to Italian life here.  Mostly because even when they are annoying me, they are still massively amusing. One of these is the nearly constant presence of teenagers.  Within a mile of my house there are...