Serves: 2 This is the simplest salad you can make and in Italy they have all types of baby lettuce that melt in your mouth as they are...

I have my morning walk around 6:45 am when it is already bright out in Stresa but the sidewalks are bare as everyone is still asleep. ...

Per L'Italiano scorri verso il basso fino vedi l'italiano My parents and family are from small town Castelsilano in Calabria and when I...

Even though I'm forever on a long weekend, here in Italy it isn't a holiday this weekend. In Canada, you are full swing into your...

Serves: 12 I used to make this simple cheat cake (I use a box cake mix) when Steven was young as he loved the chocolate and whip cream. ...

Whenever Gianni and I walk the promenade we go by the some of the most amazing hotels which in the future I will have a blog capturing...

Pretty much every town has a market that rolls into town the same day in the week. This means shutting down roads to cars and you are...

Living in Italy has made us slow down in every way as life here is about enjoying every moment. Workers actually walk away from work and...

Friday the 13th is considered lucky in Italy but I think we brought some of our Canadian juju because yesterday a drive that should have...

Feeding our brains is just as important as feeding our bodies. Of course the food we eat has a lot to do with the way our brain...

Serves: 24 My grandson wanted a donut cake for his birthday but because it was his champagne birthday, he got a champagne hockey stick...

We have been so lucky to find an amazing rental apartment in the heart of Stresa with-in walking distance to restaurants, grocery stores,...

This is the first year I don't get to hug and kiss my mother for Mother's day and it brings sadness to my heart. Thankfully I have many...

I’m definitely one that thought the 5th of May was Mexico’s independence day, but with a little research I found out it commemorates the...

Today starts the 71st annual Mental Health week in Canada which launched across our nation in 1951. In 1918 the Canadian Mental Health...

Sunday in Italy is all about calcio football (what we in North America call soccer). Go by any coffee shop or bar and you will see...

This morning we got up at 7 am and went for an hour walk around town to start to get acclimatized. Even though it is a small town of...

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years just fly by and therefore it is time to reminisce about 13,879 days ago. That is the day...

Tomorrow Gianni and I get to spend a couple of months in a small lakeside town we fell in love with when we scoped the region for the...

Today I reflect on the words of a song that was first recorded in 1977 but re-recorded by Whitney Houston in February of 1985. It truly...