by Lenora Boyle | Mar 13, 2019 | Italian food, Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel
Pasta Fagioli, Pasta Beans with Trofie shaped pasta In Italy, beans are used in a variety of ways–salads, mashed on bread or bruschetta with olive oil drizzled on top, in soups and stews. A side dish (contorno) of beans is often served with any...
by Lenora Boyle | Dec 11, 2017 | Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel
Other-Wordly Matera, Basilicata: Italy’s oldest city: The culture of Italy is diverse. To experience a place like Matera in Italy’s southern region of Basilicata in the middle of nowhere, is other-wordly and totally unique. This city’s cultural...
by Lenora Boyle | Nov 15, 2016 | Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel, Italy Travel-Tuscany
Overlooking the Tuscan hillsides, we sink into the warmth of the thermal springs. On this year’s September trip I couldn’t wait for Spa Day. And here we are. We dip in. We soak. We swim. One thing I love about these trips is planning all the details,...
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 | Feb 9, 2016 | Italy Retreat for Women, Italy Travel, Italy Travel-Umbria
Basilica of Saint Francis inside and out Where can you sit in the center of a powerful energy vortex, be surrounded by Italian art, and feel the presence of a most honored saint? In Assisi, Italy! Saint Francis is the one of the most beloved spiritual figures in the...
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...