It’s almost Christmas time, and lights and decorations are popping up all over the place. As soon as I see the first decorations I always feel like taking a trip somewhere, but there’s always very little time and even less budget, so today I’m going to suggest a low budget trip away from Trieste and…
I’d visited the vinegar producer Midolini a few months ago, but I’ve already gone through my batch, so my son requested some more and, as the good mother I am, I went back to Midolini to buy some more. Surrounded by 35 hectares of vineyards of their property, among Refosco and Friulano I finally reach…
In Portorose, along the seafront and just below the Hotel Slovenjia, the new fashion of Spanish tapas is going strong, offering small snacks and nibbles to go with your aperitivo. Today I’m heading there to discover this new restaurant with a modern look and open space; I’m immediately captured by great white walls filled with…
A few months ago, as I was taking a walk along Trieste’s Karst, I met an old friend, Paola Fonda, that told me that she spent the last two years traveling around Italy, looking for Italian food delicacies from companies that respect nature in their cultivation and farming techniques and that search for a balance…
I’ve even heard that the great Maître Maurizio Dall’Osto works here at Tavernetta al Castello! In 2016 the “Club Magnar Ben” (which means “eat well club”) honoured him with the title of Best Maître in the surrounding region, and the guide “Magnar Ben” assigned him the title of Best Maître of the Alpe Adria area.…
I’m always on the look out for new interesting places to tell you about and today I’m on a little hill in the estate of Mr Pali (an industrialist from Friuli). From here I can see the reddish walls of the castle, which is surrounded by an endless and smart Italian style garden. I walk…
Goodmorning! A day in Linz always starts in the best of ways: with a Linzer Torte that crumbles pleasantly in your mouth 😉 I didn’t know this, but apparently this cake is the oldest in Austria, its recipe dates back 360 years, before the Sacher torte (it’s recipe is just 200 years old)! Besides,…
I’ve left you waiting for a few days, but here’s the continuation of my tour of Graz. I really wanted to get well involved in this little culinary tour of mine … so in the centre, close to the Franciscan church, I stop in a small but very special shop that sells chocolate specialties: Linzbichler,…
I wasn’t even able to ask my first question before Filip Koletnik started telling me all about his wine. “I don’t consider myself a classic wine-maker, more a wine creator. I started more than six years ago and I’m now at my fourth harvest. My wine comes from the grapevines of the Sirk family and…
