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The Daily Cure for me is trying to smell taste touch—really experience— something, each day, that reminds me that I'm alive and, mostly, happy to be here. A small moment that should go a long way, at least in theory.-
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Beautiful borlotti
I apologize for continually talking about food, but it’s just too fundamental and gorgeous to ignore. Today I was struck, as I always am when they are available, by the sheer graphic perfection of the fresh borlotti beans. Lines from … Continue reading
Let’s talk
I remember when I first moved to Milan and didn’t speak a word of Italian. Woe was me. There I was in the actual capital of gab, and not only did I not speak the language, but I was not … Continue reading
Down (halfway) under
Walking through the streets of Milan is endlessly entertaining to me. I find myself inventing errands to run, just to have a reason to step out and see, as Moll Flanders says, “what offers.” What offers is an intense variety … Continue reading
Posted in AROUND US, ITALY
Tagged Milan, MIlano, palazzi, semi-interrati, underground apartments
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License to be happy
Part of starting a life in a new country is accepting what bureaucracy foists upon you, and in Italy, this can be a considerable load. Walking to the weekly market on Via Vincenzo Monti last Friday, I passed the neighborhood … Continue reading
Salt
I’ve made some famous culinary blunders since meeting my Italian husband. The first was trying to scrub a truffle clean under running water. The second was peeling the “skin” off a mozzarella di bufala. And the third was neglecting to … Continue reading
Posted in FRANCE, ITALY, SAVORING
Tagged fleur de sel, sale grosso, sale marino, sea salt, sel gris
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Buon weekend
As Aristotle supposedly said, “The purpose of work is to earn free time.” Never one to ignore wisdom when it hears it, “The Daily {French-Italian} Cure” is taking weekends off but will be back Monday morning. Feel free to come … Continue reading
Postcard #4: Missing. Remembering.
[Because there is no one to send this to me, I send it to myself: I love Italy, the gifts is has given me, the sense of family and place and belonging—though I will always and forever be a foreigner—and … Continue reading
Small scale production
NOTE: If you’re vegetarian, and this topic offends you, I’m sorry. But it’s the best way I know to illustrate something about Italian life that I’m extremely grateful for. Small-scale food production. What I’m about to say may not be … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, SAVORING
Tagged butcher, Italy, macelleria, Milan, MIlano, small-scale food production
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The door within the door
As I was buzzing around town photographing citofoni, I realized there was another common feature of Milanese doors that has always fascinated me. The little door inside the big door. Many of the older palazzi have large double wooden doors, … Continue reading
Doing the write thing
When I was little, my grandmother who’d been raised in New Orleans and had been heavily influenced by all things French, wrote me letters in a beautiful script that I found utterly illegible and as beautiful as a fairytale. Her … Continue reading
Posted in ITALY, WHAT TO DO
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