Summertime is the celebrated moment of the year when dining al fresco can happen for many. The patio furniture is cleaned up, citronella candles lit, and many simply choose to dine outdoors any way they can. Right now I envy anyone with a yard, patio, or balcony. My condo just doesn’t have any of that. [...]

Here in Chicago, I look out my window right now and see the streets, sidewalks, and trees covered in a light dusting of snow. Not my favorite time of the year as my mind soars to visions of the warm sun, the smell of the Mediterranean, and the feeling that time has stopped…even for a [...]

Autumn anywhere in the culinary world is always a wondrous time.  The harvest brings us the joys of fresh mushrooms, cranberries, various types of squash, and of course pumpkins.  In America we usually signify pumpkins with Jack-O-Lanterns and the traditional Thanksgiving pumpkin pie, but it was in Italian cuisine that I became enamored with the [...]

One of the biggest reasons I started this web site was that I felt there’s too much emphasis on only a few cuisines of the world.  I turn on the TV and it’s all Italian, French, Asian, and American BBQ.  I look at books and see some more variety, but it’s hard to come up [...]