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Italian Intrigues


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Explores all aspects of living in and traveling to Italy.
http://ItalianIntrigues.blogspot.com
Blog language: English
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Patricia Winton

US American US American expat living  Rome

  • Gender: Female
  • Birthday: 05-12-45
  • Move: Usa  Italy
  • Interest: Books, Food, Travel, Language, Mysteries
  • About me: Patricia writes mysteries set in Italy’s culinary culture. She first went to Italy more than forty years ago and has lived there for thirteen. She has picniced on figs and wine among Grecian ruins in Paestum, feasted on wild boar in Bologna, shared a plate of tripe with a complete stranger in a Florentine market, and sampled newborn eel along the Tyrrhenian coast. Patricia writes mysteries set in Italy’s culinary culture. She first went to Italy more than forty years ago and has lived there for thirteen. She has picniced on figs and wine among Grecian ruins in Paestum, feasted on wild boar in Bologna, shared a plate of tripe with a complete stranger in a Florentine market, and sampled newborn eel along the Tyrrhenian coast. Her short story “Feeding Frenzy” appears in Fish Tales: The Guppy Anthology (Wildside Press, 2011). You can read the story by clicking on the title. Caroline Woodlock, an Italian-American journalist covering international culinary scene, and Nino Nardo, a professor of Italian culinar

Latest posts Latest posts

  •  The Tiramisù Is Out of This World
    By Patricia WintonWhen Italian astronaut Luca Parmitano arrives at the International Space Station next week, he?ll be dining on familiar food. The new ISS menu includes lasagna, risotto with pesto and another with mushrooms, caponata (a mixed vegetable dish including eggplant, zucchini, onions, and...
    Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00
  •  The Cat in the Pan
    By Patricia Winton He popped onto my TV screen soon after I moved into my first Roman apartment. The program, La Prova del Cuoco?The Cook?s Challenge?had been on the air for a couple of years at that point. A zany mix of professional chefs, amateur cooks, and even children, the program demonstra...
    Thu, 09 May 2013 08:01:00
  •  A Rite of Spring
    By Patricia Winton Spring has finally arrived in Rome and with it fava beans, known simply as Le Favehere. You know they?re coming a couple of weeks before they?re available because these notices begin appearing outside shops selling fresh vegetables: This establishment sells fresh fava beans...
    Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:00
  •  Facciamo un Brindisi
    By Patricia Winton Facciamo un Brindisi is the Italian way of saying ?Let?s make a toast.? There are two competing stories about the origin of the phrase. One comes from that high Italian art form, opera. That idea says the word brinidisi is based on a German phrase Ich bring dir's ? "I offe...
    Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:00
  •  Roman Artichokes
    By Patricia Winton At this time of year, the giant purple Roman artichoke?known as cimiroli?comes into season. Two regional recipes, carciofi alla romana (Roman artichokes) and carciofi alla giudia (Jewish artichokes), vie for the dinner table. Either may join the Easter feast. The former...
    Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:00:00

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