by Natalina Campagnolo | Apr 15, 2019 | Cooking Equipement, Family Stories, Gift Giving, Seasonal Recipes
It is Easter week and not only does that mean planning family dinners and egg hunts, it means making traditional, Italian Easter bread at my house! I have fond memories of my Aunt Nancy, my mom’s sister, baking them for each of the extended families and this was...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Dec 18, 2018 | Cooking 101, Family Stories, Recipes, Uncategorized
Christmas Eve was a big deal in my childhood home! Being Southern Italian, it meant a few things… savory, potato zeppole (plain or with anchovies), a HUGE seafood, multi-course dinner, Tombola (Italian style bingo) at my Nonna’s house with my extended...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Nov 5, 2018 | Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Family Stories, Recipes
It is November and although that means the temperature is dropping in my part of the world … it also means the start of Comfort Food Season! There is something about the smell of dinner roasting in the oven that evokes memories of my childhood and the many...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Aug 28, 2018 | Classes, Cooking 101, cooking equipment, Cooking Tips, Family Stories, Ingredients, Online Cooking Classes, Tours, Uncategorized
There is a long history of cooking teachers in my family. And I don’t mean teachers like I am, teaching in a cooking School! Basically, cooking in Southern Italy was a life skill and if you had a family, you taught them to cook! As Southern Italy was the poorer...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Aug 21, 2018 | Family Stories, Postcards From Italy, Tours
Summertime! The time for relaxing weekends, casual entertaining and more time spent with the ones you love! As we have 4 children, and this is the last year that all of them are still in school, the summertime is always a time to pause! Generally, we take some time...
by Natalina Campagnolo | May 7, 2018 | Family Stories, Gift Giving, Mother's Day, Recipes, Uncategorized
This Sunday is Mother’s Day and mothers will be treated extra special! I can say that nothing pleases me more than when someone does the cooking for me on Mother’s Day! When my children were little, I often got “Breakfast in Bed” for...
