We’re kicking it in Rome this weekend. Pasta, pizza, walking all over town and drinking every Negroni I can get my hands on. Needed a break from work and there’s no better place to get it. Slightly more regular updates over on twitter under the @NaughtHem handle.
Category: Italy
Breakfast in Bressanone
Yes, we’re in the road again. This time in the Italian town of Bressanone. We’re surrounded by mountains nestled in the Tirolean countryside. Breakfast just consisted of prosciutto, salami, mozzarella balls and a delicious soft boiled egg. Mrs. NH has a stop planned for Trento today and we’re both confident in the prospect of pasta…
Homemade Focaccia
It has been two days full of cooking around the NH homestead this weekend. I’ve made and frozen several pounds of crock pot carnitas and crock pot chicken tacos for the return of the NH girls. I’m also getting ready to whip into meatloaf gravy to be used as pasta sauce and a batch or…
International Truffle Festival, Alba, Italy
One doesn’t need to linger long at this site to know that Mrs. NH and I have acquired a real taste for truffles while living over here in the old country. Of course, while many of my readers see this as just another example that NH has gone all high-falutin’ euro-style, I see it as…
Pesto Filled Panzarotti
I totally lucked into the meal pictured above after a morning strolling around the International Truffle Festival in Alba, Italy. It was probably one of the best tasting days of my life. Truffles the size of your fist in the morning, Panzarotti for lunch and wine tasting all afternoon long topped off with more pasta…
Barolo, Italy
We’re home, the house is still not clean and bigwigs from the home office will greet me on my first day back at work tomorrow. However, all is well. I got to fulfill an adulthood dream and see Peidmont and as pictured above, I got to see where they grow and make Nebbiolos, Barolos, Barbarescos…
Pizza al Volo – Venice, Italy
Pizza al Volo is a bit of a Venice institution. Some friends told us about it a few years back when we went to Venice but we didn’t manage to find it on that trip. On this visit, Mrs. NH had it on her itinerary an Little NH and I were happy to be along…
La Zucca – Venice, Italy
If I am a seeker of delicious food, Mrs. NH is a “Dog the Bounty Hunter” of it. She found the best restaurant in Venice, made reservations, and made darn sure we got there on time. This, on the second-to-last day of our trip, all while dragging an over-caffeinated NH and road-weary Little NH with…
Agriturismo La Colti – Cannigione, Sardegna
“Aw, crap. I think I’m eating donkey. Oh, well. Who ever knew that donkey tastes so good? Tastes nothing like chicken, though.” I had this little conversation with myself during the umpteenth course at Agriturismo La Colti somewhere outside of Olbia, Sardegna on a warm spring night. Mrs. NH had sought out another great restaurant…
Matricianella – Rome, Italy
Some day in the future, when I make bazillions on some great idea that I have in the middle of the night, I’m going to buy houses and apartments all over the world. One of them will be in Rome and it will be just down the street from Matricianella. Not because the neighborhood is…
Civita, Italy
There are a few places in the world that look like they belong in children’s story books. Civita, Italy is one of them. Perched on an eroding bluff in the middle of a wide open Italian canyon, Civita should be the model for every fantasy movie set ever. Fortunately, it is real and you can…
Home in Prague
We’ve logged over 2500 miles on the car odometer (not counting distances traveled on ferries) and now we’re back home. We made a pit stop in Munich yesterday to enjoy a really sunny afternoon/evening in the English Garden. It is always a nice way to wrap up a trip. Now we’re home and unloaded but…
Bottega Vini – Verona, Italy
We’re fairly unorthodox when it comes to parenting. We think our kid should adapt to what we want to do. Some would call that immature, others would realize that no parent, no matter how patient, ever wants to watch Barney. So, this is our way of doing things. On an early spring evening in Verona,…
Why I Travel
Having traveled over 1500 miles in the car and a few hundred more on a ferry, we’re about to begin the northern swing of our trip and head out of Sardegna. I’m sporting 2-week beard and have told and heard just about every story known to man to and from my traveling companions. Still, I’m…
Drinks of the World: Negroni and Aperol Spritz
When I go to Italy, I drink lots of wine. I also drink my fair share of Peroni and Moretti beer. But when it’s about 5:00 and I’m perched in an out-of-the-way square in some forgotten corner of town, nothing says “happy hour” like a Negroni. Negroni is a mixture of equal parts sweet vermouth,…
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