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 | Jul 24, 2017 | Postcards From Italy, Tours, Uncategorized
16 of us recently experienced the first of 3 of our International Food & Wine Tours for the year 2017…all of which are SOLD OUT! The Region of Puglia played Host to me and my foodie friends for 12 days. It was a perfect mix of food, wine, history, culture,...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Jun 12, 2017 | Cookbook, Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Postcards From Italy, Uncategorized
To be a good cook means to be able to identify and choose good quality ingredients. I spend a lot of time in my classes helping students identify good quality ingredients. When it comes to fresh protein and produce; seasonal, local and fresh are best. But what about...
by Natalina Campagnolo | May 22, 2017 | Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Postcards From Italy, Soups, Uncategorized
Southern Italian cooking wastes nothing! Many dishes, in fact, use ingredients at one time that were discarded or deemed useless. The zucchini blossoms that fall off mature zucchini; why not use them to flavor fritters? Many greens, considered weeds in some cultures,...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Apr 24, 2017 | Cooking 101, Cooking Tips, Ingredients, Postcards From Italy, Tours
Mozzarella cheese is a staple in the Italian kitchen. There are many varieties produced and each has a place in my kitchen. The classic, low moisture, part-skim mozzarella bar or ball is a great, multi-purpose cheese used in lasagna, parmigiana and pizza. It is...
by Natalina Campagnolo | Apr 10, 2017 | Gift Giving, Postcards From Italy, Tours, Uncategorized
I love to travel, I always have. I also love food. My 2 passions come together often. Sometimes it’s just a trip to the grocery store in an unfamiliar neighbourhood or other times it might be a far off place like a gorgeous vineyard at the base of Mount Etna in...
