Recent content by AlessandraItaly

That is a great idea...Thank you :smile:

WOW That is a great opportunity. You are going to love it! While you are there, travel as much as possible. Italy is very small and Venezia, Firenze, Torino, Genova, Siena, Pisa the coast of tuscany...even Rome can be reached over a weekend. You will LOVE the food :)...Actually there is now the...

HI! Are you going on vacation or...? Hopefully you know people there who will take you to the right places. :smile:

Thank you Vagriller :smile:

Thank you :smile: ...that table will be very useful. What you mentioned is one of the big differences I had to deal with when moving here. I was used to do my grocery on a daily basis (only what was necessary for that day) or every 2 days max. Especially with fruits and vegetables I was used to...

It going to be 2 years in on August 11th. I am hoping to come visit for Christmas or Spring break. I miss italy so much :mad:

Thank you I will try that :smile:

In Italy every grocery store has the little yeast cake cubes and that is the only yeast we use for pizza or bread. We use it dry only for backing cakes or cookies and it is a particular kind of yeast not like the one I find here. I tried to make pizza with dry yeast but it does not taste the...

I did it before but you have to order at least one pound and it goes bad very fast.

Wow It is a small world!!! :rolleyes: for those who don't know here's my mom's website www.pm-news.net ...lots of recipes!!! to pdswife: it's incredible! My mom still talks about you guys and the Seattle ring... to cara: did you say that she was right about not speaking another language in...

Ue', che piacere :). Io sono nativa di Torino pero' ho vissuto a Gaeta quasi tutta la mia vita. E' 2 ore a sud di Roma sulla costa. Io ho vissuto a Roma per 5 anni. Come mai sei in Italia? FORZA AZZURRI SEMPRE!!!!!

In what store can I find Cake Yeast? I've been living in the US only for almost 2 years and I still didn't find a grocery store that sells cake yeast. :sad:

Thank you so much, you are very kind. :)

Thank you :) I know I will :)

I will be very happy to share my itlian recipes. I know this is going to be fun. My parents (they live in Italy) put up a great website about the region I am from and it has a lot of recipes and curiosities www.pm-news.net I will probably build one myself one day. Alessandra