Andrea Camilleri Brings Back Inspector Montalbano in The Track of Sand
Andrea Camilleri starts the Track of Sand with the brutal killing of a horse just off Inspector Montalbano’s...
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Travel Guides as Gifts
Travel Guides make a wonderful gift for enyone who will soon be traveling to Italy or even for those who are carefully...
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Lidia Bastianich, Nonna Tell Me a Story: Lidia’s Christmas Kitchen
Lidia Bastianich chef, cookbook author and restaurateur can now add children’s book author to the list....
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Book Review – The Wings of the Sphinx, A Montalbano Mystery by Andrea Camilleri
I buy every Inspector Silvio Montalbano mystery as soon as they come out in the US even if it takes me awhile to...
Read MoreLa Cucina by Lily Prior
La Cucina, A Novel of Rapture by Lily Prior has more in common with “Like Water for Chocolate” and “Chocolat”...
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Osteria Laguna Italian Restaurant NYC Review
Okay, so Osteria Laguna is in New York City and not Italy but it is the best Italian food I have had outside of Italy....
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A Sea of Troubles Book Review – A Guido Brunetti Mystery
A Sea of Troubles by Donna Leon is the best yet in this series about Commissario Brunetti of Venice. Here Brunetti...
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La Bella Lingua Book Review – Dianne Hales
Review of La Bella Lingua is by Susan Spalt Some years ago I took a class in the history of the Italian language....
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Traveling to Italy? Take the Right Shoes.
The conventional wisdom about shoes for travel is to bring ones that are old and trusted. I have noticed that...
Read MoreAndrea Camilleri, August Heat
It’s the heat of Sicily in August that is the main character in the latest entry in Andrea Camilleri’s...
Read MoreAndrea Camilleri, The Paper Moon
The Paper Moon is the ninth book in Andrea Camilleri’s Inspector Montalbano series. Montalbano is the food...
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Travel Gifts for Under $25
Traveling to new places or familiar ones is an exciting experience. Helping someone get ready for a trip and...
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Up At The Villa Travels With My Husband Review – Linda Dini Jenkins
Up at the Villa is part travel journal, part cookbook (yes, there are recipes!) and part poetry book. There are...
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Franklin TGA-495 12-Language Speaking Global Translator
Ok, so you waited until the last minute to learn Italian. Now your trip is only a couple of weeks away and the...
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Garmin nüvi 270 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
GPS systems were built for people like me and the Garmin nüvi 270 is the best for the price. I am pretty much lost...
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