About
Virginia Carlsten is an American who has been living between the US and Italy for the past 18 years. She was living in Rome with her husband until 2009 when they moved to Charleston, South Carolina. They moved back to Italy in January 2012 and are living in Puglia with their daughter.
The idea of this blog came from discoveries in her own kitchen, as well as the different flavors experienced in the kitchens of others while living in different parts of Italy, and during her travels. This is a food blog not just of recipe ideas, but also the exploration of the 20 breads of Italy, region by region, town by town.
This is so awesome- I’m so happy that you’re doing this!!
miss you, love you….
Right on – a good writer in addition to being a good cook. Can’t wait to read/eat the rest of your posts!!
Jenny, your Nana Carlsten would have been so proud of you! She wrote her recipes the same way, in great and loving detail. She never followed a recipe without making her own revisions, with fantastic results. I read a book a while ago called Julie & Julia, about a woman who blogged as she attempted to cook every recipe in Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. It was a fascinating read and a great complement to Julia Child’s masterpiece. If you end up writing a cookbook, I’ll buy the first copy!
Much love and buona fortuna!
Do you have any of Nana’s recipes? I would love them, especially for her chocolate chip cookies. I miss her Christmas packages with the Quaker Oats box wrapped in tin foil with a bow on top filled with her cookies. Mmmmmm
Awesome! I’m thrilled to watch your culinary adventures! Cin-cin!
Glorious pictures, and great writing! The Italian feast from grocery to gastronome. I’ve had your cuttlefish which was fantastic. Keep on blogging Mama! I can’t wait to try your recipes–or wait!! maybe I can until you and Mico come home for the holidays.
this is great jenny, keep it up!
definitely gonna try the pasta e fagioli recipe–it might make the cold cork rain seem a little less miserable!
this is the best picture ever! bueno suerte amiga!!!
v!!you are going to be a famosa chef!!! starting next week i am going to start your rececetas one by one…they look so amazing and your writing is just divine. mucho amor to you dulce!!
i love to read your blog v. and … the clincher: i don’t cook. much. (but i do eat.) cin cin to an auspicious beginning and a dynastic future (?). Looking at these fotos and not have the cook and the cooked nearby is too cruel to put up with for too long.
I would be big as a house. I want me some of that there pizza. My mouth was watering. Great new recipes!
I don’t have Nana’s cookie recipe
but I do have some others. I’ll send them to you. This blog is wonderful, Jenny. The photos are fantastic! Keep it up…
Very very nice blog site!
I liked your crochette di riso. You might like to try my ham croquettes.
Hi! May I add your fantastic 20 breads of Italy page as permanent link on my blog? It’s a very useful resource for my blog’s purpose!
Of course you may, I’ll love all of the traffic to my blog. I wish that I could add more breads, but since we moved to the US I don’t have the same access to Italy’s great breads like I used to.
Thanks a lot! I’m adding it right now!