Italian Foodie Adventures 2014 – Part2

Following in the footsteps of an earlier post about our adventures in Italy, let me share with you some more photos from our foodie trip in this wonderful country. Having visited Florence, Pisa, Lucca, Rimini and the micro country San Marino, we took ourselves to the Garda lake up North. This year again, there was … Continue reading

Italian Foodie Adventures 2014 – Part1

This July we again had the chance to do a wonderful relaxing trip to lake Garda in Northern Italy, following a few days excursion to the middle of Italy: we visited Firenze, Lucca, Pisa and even spent a fantastic day in San Marino (when we finally managed to leave the mind blowing traffic of the … Continue reading

Fresh Fried Squid Rings

These squid rings were one of the most delicious treats I have had in a while, for sure. They reminded me of the heaps of ‘calamari’ we had about a thousand years ago, on my first trip to Italy (I was about, 10?) – freshly made and bought at the port, they made a really good impression … Continue reading

Squid Rings in Onion Sauce ~ Calamares en Salsa de Cebolla

As I mentioned before, it is not easy to come by good seafood around here. So in that precious moment you shed your eyes on any nice looking salmon, shrimps or squids for example, you simply cannot permit yourself to leave it there on the ice.  Am I right? Well this is the short story of … Continue reading