Chocolate & Mindfulness
Eating chocolate mindfully will rock your world! Here’s a few pointers to turn a small square of good quality chocolate into a meditation that supports your health.
Farinata
One of my favorite meals in Torino during Terra Madre 2010 was an impromptu trip to a local pizza joint known for its farinata.
Green Drink: Matcha Tea
Tweet Based on the blog posts I’ve been writing about coffee in Italy, you might be surprised to learnt that I’m really not a coffee drinker. I detoxed myself off of coffee back at the turn of the century (1999) and only drink it on rare occasions when...Cioccolata Calda
Tweet One afternoon while sipping my cappuccino at a nearby cafe, a delegate from Vermont introduced me to an amazing Italian drink: Cioccolata Calda. The translation is hot chocolate but it is nothing like the watery kind we drink in the US. Hot chocolate in Italy...Back to the USA
Tweet After spending 10 days far away in a country that really knows how to do food right, I’ve headed back home. A 4am cab ride to the Torino airport in which I took a short flight to Rome airport. At the Rome airport, I thought it was time to have my last...Eating Adventurously
Tweet Thirteen is a tough age. You’re no longer a little kid, but you’re not yet an adult either. We took our youngest daughter, thirteen, along with us on our Italy trip for a couple of reasons. One- to show her there is a big big world out there beyond...