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Osteria Ai Assassini
You can’t always recreate the magic when you revisit a restaurant you enjoyed years ago, but sometimes you can. I recently had lunch at Osteria Ai Assassini and it was as good as I remember. The first...
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Osteria Anice Stellato
How I’m going to return to regular life after this trip, I’ve no idea. Who’s going to prepare my multi-course lunches, complete with vino bianco, pasta and fresh fish (and a perfect cafe macchiato)?...
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Al Trono di Attila
I love love love this place on the island of Torcello. We first ate here in 1998, our very first trip to Italy. We had no idea what was going on or what to order for lunch. After smelling the food that...
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I ate some liver (and I liked it)
(written with the tune of Katy Perry’s I Kissed a Girl running through my head) Venice is well-known for many foods: black squid-ink pasta, fried little shrimps and other fish over polenta, sardines...
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San Marino
San Marino is a picturesque, tiny republic surrounded by Italy. It’s completely independent, just like the big-boy countries, which I had trouble explaining to some people (But what country is it in?...
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Is it illegal to be me?
I’ve done many tasks in preparation for an upcoming trip. Some are pretty pedestrian (renew my passport, cancel the newspaper). Some are needed only for more unusual situations (get letter of...
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September 11th and after
Here’s what I remember after the Sept 11th attacks: a friend calling to see if I was watching the news. Switching it on to hear that a plane had crashed into one of the Twin Towers. Initially thinking...
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Be Color-Blind With Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means well-meaning people everywhere will turn everything pink. Practically anything you can think of will be awash in hues ranging from petal pink to...
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Christmas Osso Buco
Lisa’s Christmas Osso Buco Makes 4 servings, can be multiplied I always make an enormous amount of this for Christmas, usually 20 pieces of veal. It’s perfect for a big holiday, because you can make it...
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