Cooking in Italy! Can you see me smile from where you’re reading? I love the freshness of Italian ingredients. Sometimes really fresh ingredients – like a slightly bitter rapini and great sausage – can turn an ordinary item like bread into something fab.  While Italians are known for […]

Wintertime and the weather is dreary. Streets are slushy and it’s cold and it’s grey. You’re seeking some colour, not just during the day. (Okay, apologies to George and Ira Gershwin.) But you get the point. I’m sick of winter and would love to see […]

Hello 2019 and welcome to post 250! Where does the time go? It’s a new year and we’re starting with a childhood favourite flashback meal! Who doesn’t remember tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches?! How can you not love that combo, especially on a cold […]

Santa, I’ve been good this year, I swear! I can’t believe that Christmas is less than one week away! While most of us have been very good pretty good this year, it doesn’t hurt to offer up a little last minute bribe to Old Saint […]

It’s that time of year again in Italy. It’s olive harvest time! Wherever you go (especially in Umbria), you’ll see cars parked and nets spread under trees! People are out in full force picking olives! Olive picking is fun, but it’s also a lot of […]

The other day, I came home after being away for a bit and was craving Asian noodles. I wanted something warm and a little spicy. Maybe it was because the day was cold, rainy and grey. It felt like a November day instead of an […]

We’re still celebrating pumpkins here at TFC! And why not? We have plenty of reasons to love pumpkins! The orange colour is a cheerful pop in these grey fall days. Pumpkin contains fibre, potassium and Vitamin C, all of which are good for your heart. […]