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My Favorite Restaurants in Italy (So Far)
Let me be clear: These are not “the best” restaurants in Italy. They’re not Michelin starred or boundary pushing, or the food critics’ favorites. This is the list of restaurant that I’ve been sharing with friends for years, when they email me on…
A Favorite Easy Italian Recipe: Pasta with Lentils
This is my favorite Italian recipe that we learned from a friend’s mom in Italy and now make all the time: Pasta with Lentils. (It’s ridiculously easy and…
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8 Little Things That Make Me Feel Like A Foreigner at Home
These are a few of the subtle cultural differences that make me feel like a foreigner in my own country. (I’ve written about culture shock before, when I…
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My Favorite Nonfiction Books for Traveling Vicariously While Stuck at Home
One of the best ways to fight anxiety is with facts. Wait, let me put that in a more fun way – my favorite thing to do when…
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The Future of Travel, Post-Pandemic
What is a travel blog for? Or for that matter, what is travel for? We’ve been in a golden age of tourism in the past decade or so.…
Thoughts on Travel, Climate, Coronavirus & Change
This is kind of a depressing time to be a traveler. I started this morning in a cold, dark hotel room in the Midwest, binge reading the New…
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How Italians Stay Thin Eating Pizza & Pasta All the Time
After living in Italy for three years, this is the best thing I learned: How Italians actually eat, and how they enjoy food and stay thin at the…
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