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Cacio e Pepe, Pecorino Romano and Pepper with Zucchine Recipe
I’m thinking today we could all use a bit of comfort. For those who are in the Northeast and want the storm to be past and over (with their homes and loved ones intact), and for the rest of us who...
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Dreaming of a New Mexico Farmers Market and Home(s)
Years ago, when I first heard my mom was moving out of my childhood home and out of California, while I was living over in Italy, I was pretty devastated. My hometown had slowly emptied of friends’...
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Food Lover’s Guide to Milan in Stylist Magazine
As I mentioned in my latest newsletter (sign up! It’s free!), there’s a few exciting things coming up for me – here’s one of them! I’m featured twice in the UK magazine, Stylist, out today in print and...
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November Favorites: More Cookie Recipes for your Holiday Cookie Swap
I love lists and favorites, so I’m going to share a few which have caught my eye now in November. Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? There will be a few favorites in there which aren’t in this...
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New Year’s in Puglia
I’m back from a trip to Morocco (a few photos from that trip already online on my mobile photo blog, or rossosara on Instagram - add me!) and I’m now in Puglia for New Year’s. Some of the scenes...
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2012 Year in Review in Pictures
I started my Year in Review in Pictures in 2009 (2011‘s review, 2010‘s review, 2009‘s review) as a complement to my stats-heavy Year in Review full of tools, sites, and statistics I started in 2006...
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Zuppa del Casale – Mixed Legume Vegetable Minestrone Soup Recipe
January is probably my least-favorite month. For the productivity freak inside me, it’s great because I’m full of ideas, lists, and empty notebooks. But for the animal being inside, I’m longing for...
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January Favorites: Endurance crackers, Juicing, Dim Sum
I love lists and favorites, so I’m going to share a few which have caught my eye now in January. Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? There will be a few favorites in there which aren’t in this post,...
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How I Travel: What’s in my Carry-on Bag
I travel a lot. Last year I spent 155 days away from home (that’s 42% of the year!) I don’t do a lot of carry-on-only travel and that’s mainly because I’m a pack rat and I love buying things to bring...
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March Favorites: Italy edition
Are you friends with me on Instagram? I’m rossosara. Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? I’m also on Twitter @rosso. Here’s some of the favorites I’ve seen lately in Italy. Favorite...
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Discovering Italian wine in an Enoteca Regionale – Piedmont
Are you friends with me on Instagram? I’m rossosara. Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? I’m also on Twitter @rosso. My other half is now a sommelier through the AIS (Associazione Italiana...
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Lemon Almond Cake (Gluten Free) Recipe and Making a Recipe your Own
Do you feel confident enough to create a recipe from scratch? That was one of the reasons I bought Michael Ruhlman’s “Ratio: The Simple Codes Behind the Craft of Everday Cooking” so I could feel more...
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How I Travel: Using Google Maps to discover and map out a city
Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? I’m also on Twitter @rosso and I’m rossosara on Instagram. I’ve talked a bit about how I don’t really enjoy some of the planning parts of travel – I don’t like...
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10 years in Italy…and counting
If you get my newsletter, you saw that I mentioned July is a big month for me. A big reason why is it marks my 10th anniversary of arriving in Italy. And 10 years that I’ve had this blog. If you look...
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Continuing my anniversary celebration – it’s been years since I’ve done an Italian summer music roundup! Hat tip to Rose for the suggestion. If you don’t see all videos in this post, be sure to click...
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My Dream Car, the Fiat 500
I seriously have loved this car since my first trip to Italy, almost 20 years ago. The Fiat 500, said cinquecento (CHEEN-kway-CHEN-toh). Isn’t it beautiful? I even had this photo of one on the...
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Ask Me Anything: Italy Edition
Today marks the day I left California 10 years ago, to make a new life in Italy. I thought it might be a good chance for you to ask those burning questions you have all about Italy, so I’m doing an...
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35 Days in Southern Italy: (Italian) Food, Family, Fun
Are you a subscriber to my newsletter? I’m also on Twitter @rosso and I’m rossosara on Instagram. I live in Italy, so that shouldn’t seem so rare, right? But two of the three elements were pretty rare:...
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What I’m Craving: Chocolate Chip Cookies from Eric Kayser in Paris
Two months ago I had a quick trip to Paris. And now, I can’t stop thinking about a chocolate chip cookie. A chocolate chip cookie? Not a macaron, a croissant, or a lovely little tart? In France? I had...
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20 Moments from Japan
Last month I was lucky enough to head to Japan for work, to speak at a WordPress conference in Tokyo. Though it was my first time in Tokyo, it wasn’t my first trip to Japan. Almost 20 years ago, I...
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