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January 18, 2024

Baratti & Milano – A Chocolate-box Confectionery

General, Europe, Travel Alexandre Dumas, Ava Gardner, Baratti & Milano, Battle of Oranges, bicerin, Caffè Al Bicerin, Caffé Elena, Caffè Gelateria Fiorio, Caffè Mulassano, Caffè San Carlo, Caffè Torino, Carnival of Ivrea, cremino, De Gasperi, Einaudi, Ferrero, Galleria Subalpina, gianduia, gianduiotto, gianduja, giandujotto, Il Festivo chocolate cake, il Valentino, King Carlo Alberto, Lavazza, Merande Reale, Napoleon, Nietzsche, Palazzo Madama, Parco del Valentino, Paul Caffarel, Pavese, Pepino, Pfatisch, Piazza San Carlo, Piazzo Castello, Piedmont, Royal House of Savoy, Savoy, Stupinigi Palace, Torino, Turin, Umberto Eco, Wonka 2 Comments

In this final post of the year, I would like to mention a historic chocolatier and confectionery in Turin, the capital of Piedmont – a region of Italy bordering France […]

December 15, 2023

A Stockholm Visit – Colored with Jazz, ‘Fika’ and A Royal Touch

General, Europe, Travel 50th jubilee, A Divorce Comedy, ABBA, Agaton, Americain Bar, angel chime, Artipelag, Astrid Lindgren, Berså, Blue Hall, cinnemon bun, Djurgården, Drottninggatan, Drottningholm Palace, Ekstedt, European Green Capital, Fasching Jazz Club, Fika, Fotografiska, Frantzén, Gamla Stan, Gerald Clayton, Golden Hall, Greta Garbo, Greta's, Gröna Lund, Haymarket By Scandic, Hernö Gin Bar', Jag älskar dig - En skilsmässokomedi, Junibacken, Kanelbulle, kardemummabulle, King Carl XVI Gustaf, Köttbullar, Kungsgatan, Lake Mälaren, Liffey Irish Pub, Lucy's Flower Shop, Mamma Mia!, Nobel banquet, Nobel prize, Norr Mälarstrand, Östermalms Saluhall, Paul Urbanus Bergström, Paul's, Pippi Longstocking, princess cake, Princess Victoria, PUB Department Store, Restaurang Prinsen, Restaurant Sturehof, Skansen, Smörgås, Smörgåstårta, Södermalm, Stadshuset, Stig Lindberg, Stockholm, Stockholm archipelago, Stockholm City Hall, Stockholm Concert Hall, Stockholm Jazz Festival, Swedish meatballs, Värmdö Island, Vasa Museum, Vette-Katten, Villa Villekulla 2 Comments

Visiting Stockholm was on my target list after a Swedish film I watched during the pandemic titled “I Love You – A Divorce Comedy“. The film is a sweet romantic […]

October 14, 2023

Great Gatsby – A Fitzgerald Classic

Books, Films, General Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby No comments

The photo above is the cover of the book I have read recently – “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald, which tells the story of Jay Gatsby, a millionaire […]

August 19, 2023

Normandy – Apples, Half-Timbered Houses and Castles

Europe, General, Travel A La Reine Mathilde, Alabaster Coast, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Bayeaux, Beaumont-en-Auge, Beuvron-en-Auge, Cabourg, Cabourg Film Festival, Caen, calvados, camembert, Chateau d'Audrieu, Chateau La Cheneviere, Claude Lelouch, D-Day, David Hockney, Deauville, Etretat, Giverny, Honfleur, Maison Drouin, Marcel Proust, Monet house, Mont-Saint-Michel, Mulberry harbour, Normandy apple tart, Normandy castles, Normandy cheese route, Pays d'Auge, Pommeau, Pont l'évêque, Port Winston, Rouen, Suisse Normande, Tarte Normande, The Grand Hôtel Cabourg, Trouville-sur-Mer, Un Homme et Une Femme, William The Conquerer 2 Comments

The D-Day anniversary was celebrated about two months ago. D-Day is the name given to Allied invasion of western Europe launched on June 6, 1944, by the landing of US, […]

June 12, 2023

Story of A Quiche & Tart – Simple Recipes By A Michelin Star Chef

General, People Alice Waters, Angela Hartnett, Apple Tart, Asparagus Quiche, Bardi, Best Food Books of 2022, Burns Night, Cafe Murano, Chez Panisse, Cucina Angelina, farm-to-table, Gordon Ramsay, Gordon Ramsay's Restaurant, haggis, Marcus Wareing, Mayfair, Michelin-starred chef, Murano London, Neil Borthwick, Pat Llewellyn, spaghetti vongole, Spitalfields, The Connaught, The Weekend Cook No comments

I had seen this artistic looking tempting quiche above in last year’s July issue of ‘Food and Travel’ and it had appealed to me so much that I had kept […]

May 29, 2023

A Coffee Shop in San José, Costa Rica

General, Latin America, Travel Allegory of the Coffee and the Bananas, Alma de Café, Azotea Calle 7, Barrio Amon, Barrio Escalante, Cafe Miel Costa Rica, Cafeoteca, casado, Costa Rica, empanadas, gallo pinto, Hotel Presidente, Isolina, Mercado Escalante, olla de carne, President Kennedy in San José, Pura Vida, Rávi Gastropub, San José, Silvestre, Soda Tapia, sodas, Tarrazú, The National Theater of Costa Rica No comments

It has been a rainy spring. Although the freshness of spring is felt in its back notes, cloudy and misty weather allows me to write one more post I associate […]

May 14, 2023

Gleneagles, Scotland

General, Travel, UK / Scotland / Ireland Andrew Fairlie, archery, Auchterarder, Blair Castle, Braid house, British School of Falconry, Callendar House, championship golf coures, croquet, Dean village, deer stalking, Drummond Castle Gardens, Dunkeld, Edinburgh, Eiesha Bharti Pasricha, Ennismore, Equestrian Centre, falconry, Ferret School, G8 Summit, Glen Devon, Glendevon, Gleneagles, Gleneagles Townhouse, Glenturret Distillery, gun dogs, Holyrood park, horse riding, Linlithgow Palace, Loch Lomond, off-road driving, Orchil Hills, padel, Perthshire, polo lessons, Princes Street, quoit, River Tay, Riviera in the Highlands, Royal Lochnagar Suite, Royal Mile, Ryder Cup, salmon fishing, Scone Castle, Scotland, Sharan Pasricha, Shooting Fishing School, Solheim Cup, st Andrew Square, Stirling Castle, Strathearn, The Birnam, The Dormy, The Glorious Playground, Water of Leith No comments

It is spring time here in Istanbul but the weather is still not that warm and raining cats and dogs from time to time, as if to let me write […]

April 6, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 2)

Films, General Carlo Regoli, Emilio Agostini, Il Maritozzaro, Il Maritozzo Rosso, Laura Regoli, Love & Gelato, maritozzi, maritozzo, Mercati di Traiano, Owen McDonnell, Pasticceria Regoli, pistachio gelato, Rascioli Caffe, Rome, Saul Nanni, savory maritozzi, secret bakery, Spaghetti alla Puttenesca, Susanna Skaggs, Tobia De Angelis, Trajan's Market, Valantina Lodovini No comments

In my previous post, I had mentioned the film Spanglish and a marvelous sandwich (Spanglish sandwich) I discovered owing to that film. In this post I will mention about the […]

March 4, 2023

Two Films, Two Tastes … (Part 1)

Films, General Adam Sandler, Carbon Beach, chef restaurants, Cloris Leachman, El Bulli, Il Cielo, James L. Brooks, Malibu, Noma, Paz Vega, René Redzepi, Spanglish, Spanglish sandwich, Tea Leoni No comments

I would like to mention in this post two nice sweet films, owing to which I discovered two breathtaking tastes: a savory and a dessert. Let me start from the […]

January 17, 2023

Paris – Always A Good Idea

Europe, General, Travel A Moveable Feast, Angelina, Avenue George V, Avenue Montaigne, Balzac House, Belleville, Bois de Boulogne, Buttes-Chaumont Park, Café de Flore, Canal Saint-Martin, Champs-Élysées, Châteaux de Versailles, Crazy Horse, Disneyland Paris, Edit Piaf, Eiffel Tower, Emily in Paris, Ernest Hemingway, Fouquet's, Hôtel Plaza Athénée, Île de la Cité, Île Saint-Louis, Jardin du Luxembourg, La Closerie des Lilas, Ladurée, Le Baiser de l'Hôtel de Ville, Le Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, Le Meurice, Les Deux Magots, Louvre Museum, Marais, Midnight in Paris, Montmartre, Montparnasse, Moulin Rouge, Musée Rodin, Notre-Dame Paris, Palais Garnier, Parc de Bagatelle, Parc Monceau, Paris, Picasso Museum, Place de Valois, Place Vendôme, Places des Vosges, Pont Alexandre III, Pont des Artes, Pont Marie, Pont Neuf, Quartier Latin, Robert Doisneau, Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Saint-Ouen, Shakespeare and Company, Sorbonne, Tuileries Garden, Victor Hugo 2 Comments

We had the chance to visit Paris as a family at the end of November, just before the Schengen visa of my daughter expired. I am so grateful for this […]

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