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Buon Natale a tutti!

Italian Living Posted on December 25, 2019 by DanitaDecember 25, 2019

We just finished Christmas lunch (it’s 3:30 pm) at one of our favorite restaurants (which is closing at the end of the year 🙁 ).
I’m not sure I can even add any words to explain how good it was – so here are the photos, with brief explanations of the dishes!

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Italian word of the year

Italian Living Posted on December 20, 2019 by DanitaDecember 20, 2019

Every year, Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper holds a vote for the “most important word of phrase of the year”.  These listings are frequently political in nature, dealing with the “hot topics” of the year.  If you read Italian, here’s their current list to vote from. I’ll just stay out of the politics this year, and vote for “allunaggio” 🙂

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The painful truths in genealogy

Italian Living Posted on December 18, 2019 by DanitaDecember 20, 2019

I’ve been creating my own little “village family tree” using all of the records I can get my hands on.  For one of the towns, the records I most easily have access to are only a single census, and then death records for about two centuries.  Because of that, I was building families first with only their dead children, and then after I had all of the death records placed in the tree, I went to the census and filled in some gaps (the birth records will someday fill in more gaps).  It was tough.

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Tradition meets Instant Pot – Ragù alla Bolognese

Italian Living Posted on October 5, 2019 by DanitaOctober 5, 2019

Living in Emilia–Romagna, I sure love a good Ragù! I don’t love waiting all day for it though! And while not all modern conveniences work well with traditional recipes, thankfully the modern versions of the pressure cooker, and the Instant Pot specifically, are often a wonderful choice for a faster meal that still brings the flavor, texture and consistency of the original day-long process. Ragù alla Bolognese seemed like a perfect candidate for an Instant Pot time slash, so I took it on!

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Pollo del Contadino

Italian Living Posted on September 21, 2019 by DanitaSeptember 21, 2019

One of our favorite parts of the Fiera del Fungo (Mushroom Festival, or as my husband affectionately calls it the “Fungus Festival”) is the “Cooking Show Pavilion”.  Here there are multiple cooking demonstrations and tastings throughout the days of the … Continue reading →

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Fiera del Fungo – Part 1

Italian Living Posted on September 14, 2019 by DanitaSeptember 15, 2019
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If you are a Zanrè, come join us!

Italian Living Posted on September 1, 2019 by DanitaSeptember 14, 2019

As I’ve discussed a few times, I’m deep into our family genealogy, for various sides of the family. While I’m a Zanrè by marriage only, this particular family tree truly intrigues me. I’ve been looking at a way to engage other Zanrè family members, and find some “missing links”.

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Things you find in old church records

Italian Living Posted on August 14, 2019 by DanitaSeptember 14, 2019

I’m back to scouring church records for insights on Zanrè information.  In doing so, I’ve stumbled on a rather interesting find.

My husband Joe has been friends with one Vinnie Baruffati for about 4 decades.  They had a few things in common in Scotland, one of which was they were both from Italian heritage.  They knew that both of their families were from the same general area of Italy, but never thought too much about it.

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Help! My Family Tree Doesn’t Branch

Italian Living Posted on June 2, 2019 by DanitaJanuary 28, 2020

Okay – this isn’t terribly Italian, but I’m still working on the Italy genealogy. There are cool things there too. I promise to get back to that. In the meantime, this is has been occupying my time, and I need to share!!!

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Gocce d’Acqua

Italian Living Posted on March 9, 2019 by DanitaSeptember 14, 2019

Wow! My husband will have a photograph exhibited at the upcoming MIA PHOTO FAIR in Milano, March 22-25, 2019. Many of you know that Joe invented a camera trigger for capturing high speed events normally unseen by the human eye – you can see more about it at SnaperturePro.com. He’s spent the past couple of years concentrating on Water Drop photography, and it’s obviously paid off.

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