by Lenora Boyle | Dec 6, 2016 | Be Happy, Inspiration, Italian dessert, Top 10 Lists
10 Tips on How to Survive and Thrive During the Holidays Can you believe that the holidays are here again? It’s all happening so fast that I needed to give myself some advice. So I thought I’d share a 10 tips to survive the holidays, from easy shopping to...
by Lenora Boyle | Mar 24, 2016 | Italian dessert, Italian food, Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel
Guest post by Sicilian-born Journalist, Liliana Rosano The Sicilian author, Gesualdo Bufalino said that “every Sicilian feels not only a spectator but an actor during Easter time, aching first, then elated, of a mystery which is its very existence”. The Sicilian...
by Lenora Boyle | Dec 21, 2015 | Italian dessert, Italian food, Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel
Buon Natale! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year again! Many of us bake or cook some of our favorite Italian Recipes for Christmas so I thought I would share my previous posts of Italian Recipes. Even though the Italian Ricotta Cheese...
by Lenora Boyle | Jan 6, 2015 | Italian dessert, Italy Travel, Italy Travel-Tuscany
Normally my Italian sweet tooth is satisfied with gelato and tiramisu, but this past year, Anne, one of our group participants discovered thick hot chocolate drinks at Antica Cioccolata Eraclea near San Michele Piazza in Lucca. When we think of drinking in Italy, we...
by Lenora Boyle | Sep 20, 2014 | Italian dessert, Italian food, Italy Travel, Italy Travel-Tuscany
The first four days of my Italy Retreat For Women were spent in Cinque Terre and the last six were enjoyed here in Lucca, Italy. I will continue to write posts about the fun we had and the food we ate! It is hard to believe that they have returned to their homes and...
by Lenora Boyle | Jul 23, 2014 | Italian dessert, Italy Travel
Sarmatina Fig Cookie Recipe from my Calabrese Grandmother, Emmecalata Fragomeni Vallelonga, who I just called Nunnie. Whenever I travel to Italy, I love to try the different desserts (dolce) from each town. There are regional differences and even variations in the...
