Tuscan Treats

Tuscan Treats Like the night before Christmas, I wait anxiously with anticipation to book our next flight to Europe. I live in a world of daydream, I fantasize about our travels to far away and exotic places surrounding the globe. Travel is our life. It is our passion. Thoughts of travel fill my head, and [...]

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Head and feet

feet & heads Originally uploaded by The Rambling Rountrees Last night I watched some of my favorite shows on the tube. Including Andrew Zimmern’s Bizarre Foods and Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations. I am proud to say that I’d love to be a food journalist. My husband laughs, but I think I could do it and [...]

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Travel memories of 2007 and plans for 2008

Originally uploaded by The Rambling Rountrees Now that 2008 has descended upon us, Don and I are beginning to make plans for worldwide travel once again. I know, I know, we don’t live a normal life, but what is “normal” anyway? It is all relative, after all we are happy and that is what truly [...]

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Kitchen Nightmares….

Pig Feet and esophagus’s Well I must admit that I am a TV and food junkie. Last night after watching another episode of Gordon Ramsey’s “Kitchen Nightmares”, I am very afraid. I am afraid to think of what goes on in the kitchen of a restaurant. The filth and squalor that precludes the food, that [...]

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Pici in Pienza

During our Italian Adventure of June 2007 we stumbled upon another great opportunity to try the local food finds in Pienza Italy. Pienza is a small town located not far from Montepulciano in Umbria. Pienza is known for it’s local production of Pecorino Romano, the famous sheep’s milk cheese of the region. After a short [...]

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I’ve got too much on my plate…

As a kid growing up in the 60′s & 70′s, we did not have a lot of luxuries. My dad worked at least 12-13 hours a day and my mom was a stay at home domestic goddess.  We lacked in the luxury department but we never went without food, clothing or love. Growing up in [...]

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What is it about bizarre foods?

 What’s your definition of bizarre foods? Well on our recent trip to Italy we witnessed some bizarre foods in action.  For instance, at the Mercato Centrale one could partake in a feast of tripe, cows faces, cow nerves, and cow esophaguses….oh yeah. I have photos to prove it.  Sounds gross huh?  Well cultures create foods. [...]

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Bizarre Foods in Italy Season 4

Well in a little over 48 hours I will be on my way to paradise once again.  Where is paradise one might ask?  Well for me it is in Italy.  My paradise consists of travel, food, wine, and friends you meet along the way. I also enjoy the true to life experience and the culture.  [...]

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Hell’s Kitchen returns! Season Three

So June is soon upon us and it bring’s a new season for another culinary adventure “Hell’s Kitchen” with Chef Gordon Ramsey….dasterdly! He is a the culinary equivalent of American Idol’s Simon Cowell….oh gastly! I can’t wait to view this year’s opening night show. Monday June 4th is the season premier. We will be standing [...]

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Bizarre Foods…How does one eat a Fiddlehead?

Living in the Northeast were are blessed with the opportunityt to enjoy fiddleheads in the spring. Fiddleheads are a green that grow near water and are only available for a few weeks in the spring. Facts on Fiddleheads Fiddleheads are the young coiled fern leaves (about an inch in diameter) of the ostrich fern (Matteuccia [...]

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