Category Archives: Cucina italiana

Pasta with Clams

Posted on January 23, 2020 by babbityjean

From Venice to Materia and throughout Italy, rain, wind and sea storms have triggered incalculable damage recently.  Besides human lives, art masterpieces, and other treasures, shellfish have been damaged.  Thousands of beached lupins have washed up along the coasts around … Continue reading →

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L’evoluzione della cannuccia

Posted on December 5, 2019 by babbityjean

All’inizio cannucce erano di paglia…più precisamente di loglio, una pianta erbacea.  Poi, verso il 1880, un abitante di Washington, D.C. si rese conto che non gli piaceva l’aroma che la cannuccia rilasciava nel suo mint julep.  Così creò una sua … Continue reading →

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The evolution of the straw

Posted on December 5, 2019 by babbityjean

In the beginning, straws were actually made of straw…well, actually rye grass.  Then, in the 1880s, a resident of Washington, DC, decided he didn’t like the residue that the straw left in his mint julep.  So he made his own … Continue reading →

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