Monthly Archives: June 2011

After a whole day out and about in Modena we came home ready to cook dinner. We had gone to Pam, our local supermartket, that morning to get clams. The fishmongers were nowhere to be seen at the markets but because we’re in Italy the supermarket had the exact clams that the recipe called forContinue reading “Clams & Tomatoes”

In Modena there is this amazing little hole in the wall trattoria. To be honest, it was the top reason we went to Modena. The cathedral would be great to see and all, but when Batali says “If there is one stop on your trip to Italy, wherever in Italy, it must be here…”, thenContinue reading “Modena and its Discontents”

People who know me know that I am a huge Batali fan. There’s even a picture of me and the big guy in front of Babbo in New York. So a pilgrimmage to Bologna has always been on my shortlist of things to do. I didn’t exactly give Fo full disclosure as to why weContinue reading “Market Day in Bologna (At Long Last)”

After a loooooong night sleep on the train and a seven hour delay our train arrived at Bologna Centrale station at 1pm (our scheduled ETA was 6am). A short taxi ride and we arrived at the apartment that will be home for the next 5 days. Even just walking into the building with the marbleContinue reading “Bologna!”

After three weeks of saying goodbyes to all our amazing London friendsand tons of boxes and packing we are finally on our way! We have hopefully two months before Randy starts his new job in DC and figured there is no better place to spend it than the Mediterranean in summer! One month in ItalyContinue reading “Leaving London”