top 10 posts this week from italy | 7 feb 2010

gondolas - italytutto top blogs on ItalyMy favourite posts this week from the Italy bloggers (in alphabetical order):

  1. Algio, Olio & Pepperoncino:  Baldino (aka Castagnaccio)
    A dessert from the Apennine region
  2. Agriturismo VerditaFebruary
    Love the contrast
  3. Creative StructuresItalian vs Italian American
    It’s complicated
  4. Espresso Break:   San Lorenzo Maggiore
    The alternative underground experience in Naples
  5. Life in Abruzzo:  The real stats & facts of the Guardian’s “Poor Abruzzo”
    More about those stats
  6. Little Paradiso:  These are a few of my favorite things
    Around Monterosso in the Cinque Terre
  7. Living Venice:  Whack   
    So what’s a battipali?
  8. Path to Self Sufficiency: Wild Food of the Month – February
    Cooking with primroses
  9. Pets in Italy: Dogged Determination
    Because we all need a feel-good story
  10. Venice Daily Photo:  Bacino Orseolo
    Where the gondolas park.italytutto top 10 - love

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cookitaly – a food blog from Bologna

Carmelita, who has been running a cooking school in Bologna for over ten years, has started a blog, cookitaly, to share  her expertise.  Her food is  based on authentic Italian cookery, although Carmelita often adds a little twist of her own.  The cookitaly blog is relatively new, but you can already find fantastic recipes such chocolate sauce for Roman oxtail, pomegranate braised rooster, and especially for Valentine’s Day, Hearts upon Hearts (heart shaped polenta crostini, topped with fried fresh artichoke hearts, on white cream cheese, surrounded by two very red Mediterranean shrimp).   

Bologna - italytutto top blogs on ItalyThe teacher in Carmelita is apparent in every recipe – she gives detailed instructions on preparation and cooking, making it incredibly easy for even the inexperienced cook to produce a perfect dish.   And if the reviews of her cookery classes are anything to go by, you’ll be signing up for one before you know it!

You can also find Carmelita on twitter and Facebook.

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top 10 blog posts this week from italy| 31 jan 2010

 My favourite posts this week from the Italy bloggers (in alphabetical order):

  1. Bella Vita in Liguria: Little fish, big meal!   
    ‘Bianchetti’ recipes and photos – enough to make anyone hungry
  2. Bleeding Espresso:  Heating a house in Italy – welcome to our new stufa
    Why everyone with a house in Italy loves a wood-burning stove
  3. Ciao Amalfi!:  Winter afternoons in Ravello
    The advantages of visiting Ravello in the winter
  4. Coffee-stained ClarityFireworks
    We all know how it feels
  5. Comings and Goings at The Hideaway:  I’ve heard of Chicken in a Basket …       
    How did you get that photo?
  6. italytutto top blogs on italyItalofile:  Volunteer Vacations in Italy
    Making a difference during your break in Italy
  7. A Mass of Odds and Ends:  Hot chocolate and chilli peppers
    Just what is needed to ward off the cold weather
  8. Olio di Oliva e Sogni di Vino: A trip to Volterra 
    Beautiful photos of a winter day in this Tuscan town
  9. Vita Lenta nel Bel Paese:  Kitchen Loving
    The most important room in the house
  10. When in Rome Tours:  10 Vacation-busters for Rome  
    Just to remind you of what not to do in Rome.

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