In the wonderful garden of the Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park there is a real gem of a store- La Bottega, run by two vigorous and enthusiastic ladies from Italy, Susanna and Lucia. Bottega in Italian is the name of the artist’s workshop. Leonardo and Michelangelo created many of their masterpieces in their bottega, [...]
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Piedmont is mostly known for its wines and braised meat in the culinary world. However, the small city of Cuneo reserves some pretty amazing gastronomic surprises to those who can go beyond the obvious… Cuneesi, for example, are wonderful artisan chocolates invented in Cuneo at the beginning of the 1900s, and now renowned all over [...]
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If you live in the South Bay and you haven’t made it to the Milk Pail Market- well, you should! World-class cheeses and import products share the shelves with amazing fresh produce, and it’s all priced for your wallet’s benefit! The grocery stop at the Milk Pail is a twice a week appointment for me, [...]
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I know Beard Papa’s is nothing close to an Italian store. They are actually a Japanese chain, with a patented dough procedure and a franchise set-up. I know. However, if you’ve ever walked in an Italian pasticceria and ordered a bignè, you realize that Beard Papa takes the entire concept a step further! Bignè are [...]
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Nobody’s more surprised than me about this post, really! We stopped there for an aperitivo last week, and we were stunned to see typical Italian favorites like Negroni and Campari and white wine. Not only that- the drinks were absolutely spectacular! We decided to push it a bit further and ordered Focaccia con Robiola drizzled [...]
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