Only one word springs to mind to describe my week at Villa Radicata in Tuscany. Heaven!
On my way back to London, I reflected on how to keep the good mantra and the calmness acquired during my heavenly break.
The stressful London lifestyle can sometime take you away from the simplest things in life and make you unhappy.
But a holiday like that helps rebalance your mind and body.
Parma is one of the prettiest Italian towns, and proud of its beauty made of elegant, well-kept streets and buildings. During last half term week while I was staying at my mum’s house in Bologna,I took the train to meet a friend from Milan mid way in Parma (located in Emilia Romagna in Northern Italy). We spent the day walking around without much planning but instead following the natural…
Here is another interview in my series of inspirational mums. This week I have chatted to Rita Kobrak about her Italian holidays for mums. She is the host of the London Mums’ Tuscan trip 19-23 June 2017 which mums and families can join. See details of how to book here.
Rita and I all glammed up for an event in London
Q: Tell us about yourself and family?
RK:
I have lived in London for…
Work learn & Relax in Tuscany with London Mums. To celebrate our 10th year anniversary, London Mums are organising a trip to Tuscany for the week 19-23 June 2017 (Monday to Friday with the individual option to extend it over the weekend) with the theme fitness and learning. Babies, kids of any age and husbands are more than welcome too, of course.
Food, Fitness and Fun Under the Tuscan Sun…
Unmissable event for Italian speaking families in London: Sunday 3 July – 4pm The Italian Cultural Institute and the Scuola Italiana a Londra celebrate the publication of OH, FREEDOM by Francesco D’Adamo, translated into Italian by Siân Williams. This event is suitable for children aged 9 upwards and is followed by superb Italian style afternoon snacks and ice cream kindly offered by…
As an Italian I am certainly biased when I list ten reasons to like Inspector Montalbano, the beloved Sicilian detective who adopts unusual methods to catch criminals. In Italy everybody knows and likes Commissario Montalbano’s adventures in Sicily thanks to two TV series which are super hits at international level. Even BBC4 shows them with Italian subtitles.
Here are ten reasons to like…
Pinocchio all’Opera: un’opera per bambini della compositrice tedesca Gloria Bruni su libretto della scrittrice per l’infanzia Ursel Scheffler che, ricalcando la trama della celebre fiaba di Collodi, si propone di avvicinare i bambini all’ascolto della musica lirica in maniera giocosa.
Si parte con una serie di composizioni di facile ascolto che introduce i personaggi in un clima…
The area called La Valtiberina, on the eastern edge of Tuscany, is an attractive hilly landscape with woods of chestnut trees, olive groves and fields of sunflowers. It offers an image of a Tuscany still barely touched by mass tourism, yet full of medieval and renaissance art treasures. In this area were born two of the greatest Italian renaissance artists: Piero della Francesca and Michelangelo.
Celebrity chef Aldo Zilli is married to actress Nikki. They have two children; Rocco, nine and seven-year-old Twiggy. Aldo Zilli talks to Sanjeeta Bains about London, family life and of course food, glorious food!
What’s your favourite area in London?
I love Soho – it’s a great, bustling area and it’s where I opened my first two restaurants (Zilli Fish and Zilli…
This Recipe: the real Italian PANETTONE is mouth-watering…. any time of the year. A home-made Panettone is not just for Christmas.
SERVES 8
Catherine Fulvio: “I HAD THE PLEASURE OF BEING TAUGHT HOW TO MAKE PANETTONE FROM THE FIASCONARO BROTHERS, MASTER BAKERS IN THE TOWN OF CASTELBUONO, SICILY. THEIR CAKES HAVE TRULY GONE INTO ORBIT, AS THEY…