May 2010
9 posts
Sonia's Assignment
For me, this picture represents food culture in Italy. Food and family play a huge role in an Italian’s day. Italian’s try to create a pleasant atmosphere at the table by dining with their family and friends.with their family and firends. This creates a an atmosphere that allows them to fully savor and appreciate the food. In addition to As a result, I choose this picture that...
Sicily... The Land of my Ancestors!
Since Jess and I didn’t have class on Thursday or Friday we decided to take a little trip to Catania, Sicily. Our goal was to have an adventurous weekend and so we started it off by taking an overnight train that left Rome on Wednesday night. The train ride really wasn’t that bad except that the person Jess had to sit next had bad body odor and that while the two of us were reading our cabin...
Cinque Terre
This weekend about 3/4ths of our program went to Cinque Terre but we arrived in two different groups. The group I went with left at 9 in the morning and arrived at the place we were staying at around 2 in the afternoon. I went with Jess, Krista, Beth, Katie P., Christine, Claire, Claire, April, Sarah C., Katie Star, and Katie’s boyfriend. We checked into our hostel and then they went to show us...
Cooking Class!!!
Sadly, our cooking class came to an end this week with a final cooking exam over what we had learned. From our first day of cooking till now I have learned tons about Italian Cooking and preparing food in general It all started with our first day of class when we met our instructor Christina Bowerman who is the head chef and owner of Glass Restaurant in Trastevere. We had four hands-on cooking...