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...