I know that I have been viewing Italian life through gelato-colored glasses. Besides whining about the difficulties with our visas, I’ve been sharing almost exclusively positive, rosy stories about our sabbatical year thus far. Maybe because I have felt sick all day, or maybe because there is construction on both sides of our apartment (how […]
We have very cool cousins (Doug, Diana and their daughter Ruhamah) that live in Geneva that I haven’t seen in years, so we have been looking forward to visiting them. If you look at the map, Geneva looks pretty darn close to Torino (150 miles). However, there is a bit of geography that adds to […]
We made this sauce in our Torinese cooking class. In Italian it is called sugo alle zucchine e ricotta. We ate it atop fresh spaghetti that we made. It would also be great on a penne. [ingredients title=”Ingredients”] 1lb zucchini (about 3 medium-sized) 2 ounces ricotta cheese 1 ounce pecorino cheese 1 onion (less if you don’t […]