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Fresh fava beans, also known as broad beans, are in season in May and June. They are delicious raw, dipped in sea salt, or cooked.

 Panzanella, the classic Tuscan tomato and bread salad that sometimes seems to easy and improbable to be as wonderful as it is.

It is an especially fun to make the dish and have people guess what is in it.

 There are many origin legends about the famous Roman dish Spaghetti alla Carbonara.

Italian Pasta Sauce cooking class video by Giuliano Hazan. It includes the recipes for Linguine with a Pink Shrimp Sauce, Penne with Sausage and Ricotta, and an Orange, Cucumber, and Red Radish Salad.

We wanted to share one of our favorite comfort food recipes with you, Ragù alla Bolognese.

As our butler opened the door to our sanctuary and led us in, my jaw dropped. It was the most incredible space I’d ever seen.  We were greeted by an extraordinary vista with a private infinity pool just steps away from our canopied bed, living room, and breakfast table, all surrounded by a stunning view of the St. Lucia Pitons.  A perfect place for a honeymoon for even the most discerning and demanding bridzilla, and a breathtaking welcome for everyone else.  The cool breeze of the mountains gently informed us that our room had no walls, or windows for that matter.  We were at one with nature while still surrounded in luxury.

A suggestion to bring on a cruise is:
FAVORITE WINE. “Most cruise lines will allow you to bring one bottle per adult; paying the corkage fee of $15 to $18 is worth it if you want to drink good wine and don’t want to pay the exorbitant cruise ship prices,”.

what made this convention so exciting for us was that all those booths were focused on FOOD, specifically ways of marketing or bringing to market specialty food products from all over the world.  Almost 1,500 exhibiters showed more than 80,000 food products.  Importers met with producers and buyers sampled the newest products.

Fortunately, though not the same as fresh, dried porcini mushrooms can deliver a rich porcini flavor. One of our favorite ways to use them is in a risotto. It is important to use very good quality dried porcini so we always used to pack some in our luggage when we returned from Italy. Just recently, we have started importing one of the best brands available in Italy, which, together with an extraordinary Carnaroli rice we also import from Italy, make an incomparable risotto.