New Here? Besides recreating and sharing recipes of the delicious things I've tasted during my travels, I love to tell stories, especially those about the characters I meet along the way. Almost always, food plays an important roll in my stories. Below I've included links to some of the most popular posts and my personal favorites. These should give you an idea of the kind of stories you'll find here. I've also included the Getting Around section below to help you navigate your way around this site and find me elsewhere on the web.
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Getting Around -
On this site, I've created a Recipe Archive, where you can find all the recipes I've posted here. There's also a Food & Travel Posts Archive where you'll find a list of all other posts, except for the Italy on a Plate series (which has it's own page). You can also read my bio and learn more on the About Me page. There is an RSS Feed or you can subscribe via email notifications and get updates when I post something new.
If any of my culinary or general travel tips are helpful, if you use and enjoy recipes on this site, or if you just want to help support Food Lover's Odyssey, donations via Pay Pal a re much appreciated.
Social networking is a huge part of both blogging and meeting fun and knowledgeable people in France & Italy. You can find me on almost every social networking site. On the Food Lover's Odyssey FACEBOOK page, I share all stuff I like (not only food-related) about Italy and France. There, I also post daily photos from my Italy & France photo collection of 15,000 photos. On TWITTER, I chat food & travel with my tweeps, share new blog posts, and add a few snippets from my daily life. I've joined the PINTEREST craze pinning photos of all things I like to look at. On STUMBLEUPON I bookmark a lot of food & travel favorites from all around the world. I'm still figuring out how to use GOOGLE+. And if you'd like to sift through my unorganized FLICKR sets (I'm working on making them more gawker friendly), you're welcome to visit me there, too.
Most Popular Recipe Posts -
Torta Caprese Recipe - Flourless Chocolate Cake from Capri
Cacio e Pepe in a Parmigiano Bowl - Inspired by Roma Sparita in Rome
Nutella Filled Frittelle for World Nutella Day 2012 and Carnival
Snowball Cookies and Christmas Baking Memories
Italian Hot Chocolate at Carnevale in Venice
Gianduja and Nutella Cheesecake Recipe for World Nutella Day 2010
French Fraisier - How the French Celebrate Birthdays
Torta Setteveli - Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake from Palermo
Meyer Lemon Cheesecake and Recipe Sharing in Rome
Pasta all' Amatriciana - A Roman Treat
Meyer Lemon Tart Inspired by Gerard Mulot Patisserie in Paris
Potato Gnocchi for Gnocchi Giovedi
The Dish from Rome - Coda alla Vaccinara
Most Popular Food & Travel Posts -
Roman Pasta Dishes and Ten Places to Eat Them in Rome
French Pastries and Ten Top Patisseries in Paris
Journey Through the Pastries of Paris - Part 2
Scenes from CioccolaTo - Chocolate Festival in Turin
A Taste of Napoli - 15 Favorite Dishes for the Food Lover in Naples
Lessons in Venetian Mask Making
The Dish from Naples - Pizza Margherita Napoletana
Food Lovers' Walk in Paris - Rue de Seine and Rue Bonaparte
Favorite Regional Italian Pasta Dishes
Best Picnic Spots and Picnic Fare in Rome
Some of My Favorite Posts (not already listed in the most popular) -
The People I Meet Along the Way and Our Stories:
The Art of Making Pasta by Hand - A Pugliese Pasta Lesson with Nonna Vata
Bella Napoli - Neapolitans Warm My Heart Like Their Food Warms My Belly
Lunch Salento Style at Cantine Menhir
Corte Visconti and Risotto with a Count in Lombardy
Tasting Venice - A Food Tour with Monica Cesarato
Dining Around Naples with Napoli Unplugged
The Pastries of Lecce with Pastry Chef Luca Capilungo
Food & Travel Tips:
Food in Rome - Taste of Testaccio is Offal
Cooking Classes for the Culinary Traveler in Paris
Shopping and Eating Local in Italy - Farmer's Market in Lecce
Eating My Way Through Venice - Best Places for Cicchetti and Seafood Antipasti
Food Stories with Recipes:
The Friend, the Italian Teacher and a Magical Chocolate Budino
Chocolate Eclairs and Learning to Make them with Mom
Eggplant Caponata Recipe and Sicilian Market Etiquette
Pasta alla Genovese and Other Classic Neapolitan Recipes
Tiramisu (and why never to say French pastries are the best)
Photo Essays:
Favorite Scenes and Costumes from Carnival in Venice 2011
Eurochocolate - Italy's Biggest Chocolate Festival
Italy Monuments in Chocolate at Turin's Chocolate Festival
Easter Chocolates in Paris Windows
Paris Pastry Binge - Some of the Best Pastry Shops in Paris
The Cinque Terre - My Happy Place
Journey Through the Pastries of Napoli
Burano - The Jewel of the Venetian Lagoon
My Attempts at Humor:
Twist on the Venetian Spritz and Embracing Italian Culture
Salted Butter Caramel Ice-Cream Recipe (and comparing balls in Italy & France)
Tips for the Traveler in Italy - Cursewords and Comebacks in Italian
Five Favorite Italian Food Words and Five More Favorites
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