Why Pizza is the Best Food
I’ve been trying to think of a blog post to write all day long, and no matter what I did, all I could come up with was one word: Pizza. How do I write a blog post on pizza? Pizza is the best food in the world! Do a I write...
The 10 Best EASY Italian Recipes
Italian food is always a crowd pleaser, and it’s truthfully pretty easy to make but a lot of people are afraid to try. Enter Olive Garden. You can make your favorite Italian recipes at home, it’s so much easier...
Amatriciana Recipe
Amatriciana sauce is a red pasta sauce, usually served with Bucatini or Spaghetti pasta that comes from the small town of Amatrice. Amatrice is in northern Lazio, not too far from Soriano or Norcia (two of our locations)...
Carbonara Recipe
If you’ve been on our Soriano tour, you might remember Carbonara from our Thursday night class. It’s a very rich spaghetti dish made with pancetta, eggs, and a whole lotta cheese :). I wouldn’t suggest it if...
The Best Tuscan Bean Recipe Ever
On Thursdays in Soriano we go to a winery and olive mill and learn how their exceptional extra virgin olive oil is made. After a tour of their olive mill, Serena (the owner) treats us to some home made food out on the terrace,...
4 Restaurants Locals Love in Rome
There is no shortage of restaurants in Rome, but the truth is, most of the ones you see when you are touring around the city, are catering to tourists and a local would never be caught eating there. Rome is a huge city, and it...
How to Survive a Long Flight : Health
Planes are incubators for sicknesses. And what really stinks is saving up your money, traveling across the world and getting to your destination just to spend the whole time sick in a hotel room. Here are my favorite tips...
How To Survive a Long Flight : Sleeping
I started out wanting to make one big post about every tip I have for How To Survive a Long Flight, and then it got so long I realized I needed to break it up into more manageable posts, so I will post this one first because it’s...
Easter In Italy- The Holy Week
Easter in Italy It may be hard to believe just how important Easter is in Italy, here in the US, its not nearly as big. Easter in Italy is arguably the most important holiday after Christmas. Processions and Services...
7 Things Americans Can Learn From Italians – My Take
An article recently appeared on HuffPost Travel that went quite viral. It is a list of 7 things that would make Americans better off if they would adapt from Italian culture. The article (Original Linked Here)...