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What we’ve posted lately…- Tabletop Tuesday: Candy Splash!How fun is this? Splash tableware and accessories on this rustic table and a Busatti “placemat for two.” There’s a lot of energy and anticipation in this setting. […]
- Tabletop TuesdayIt’s always intriguing to hear about YOUR dining room and tabletop choices. In the Boston showroom this week, I’ve heard about some really dynamic, exciting places to enjoy food, family and friends. Your colors, aesthetic and stories are always inspiring, … Continue reading → […]
- Springtime Stroll in SOWA BostonRain showers have finally sprinkled a true sense of spring in Boston. Warm, even hot days in March and April seemed surreal. This can’t be spring, not in Boston. We enjoyed cautiously, knowing that a blizzard could strike at any … Continue reading → […]
- Aldo D’Amico’s recipe for “Polpette di pane”“Mmm!” “Delicious!,” “What’s in this, zucchini?” Such was the praise for Aldo D’Amico’s polpette. I smiled because these splendid morsels are typical Pugliese resourcefulness. Italians tend to buy their bread on a daily basis. The bread tastes delicious one … Continue reading → […]
- Boston gets a “Splash” of PugliaThanks to all of the delightful people who came to Friday’s “Splash of Puglia” party! Sunshine streamed into the showroom Friday afternoon. It was a great way to kick off the weekend! Did our guest of honor order this beautiful … Continue reading → […]
- April 13: A Splash of Italy’s PugliaOur Boston showroom will be awash with ceramics and tastes of southern Italy when Giovanna Alò comes to town on April 13. Join us from 5 to 8 pm to meet Giovanna and taste traditional dishes from Puglia, prepared by … Continue reading → […]
- Today is the first day of Spring – E’ Primavera!For those of us who live in regions with seasons (aka very cold winters), I think that deep within us, at a collective level, there must reside an almost atavistic sense of relief at the thought of Winter thawing, even … Continue reading → […]
- Question: What to do with leftover risotto?Answer: make supplì … oval shaped rice balls. The idea is to stuff them with some cheese, usually mozzarella, then coat them in flour and breadcrumbs and, finally, fry them. They make tasty starters and snacks and party food. … Continue reading → […]
- Registering for GiftsIt was truly a relaxing evening at the Savvy Bride Boutique last Friday. The very clever Myriam Michel created an opportunity for newly engaged couples to pose questions about the wedding planning process. Representatives from various aspects of the wedding business were … Continue reading → […]
- A Geometrical Soup for Bellafrutta PlatesThis is a soup that is best made with peas freshly shelled out of the pod accouncing the arrival of Spring in its full splendour. However, frozen peas will do for other times of the year when a hot soup … Continue reading → […]
- Tabletop Tuesday: Candy Splash!
Category Archives: Giardini views
Tabletop Tuesday
It’s always intriguing to hear about YOUR dining room and tabletop choices. In the Boston showroom this week, I’ve heard about some really dynamic, exciting places to enjoy food, family and friends. Your colors, aesthetic and stories are always inspiring, … Continue reading
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A pumpkin sformato
Squash and pumpkin and Fall and Thanksgiving and …. help! What shall I cook for Thanksgiving this year? Other than the turkey of course … Why not start with a fluffy sformato using uber-seasonal pumpkin? Ingredients 700g peeled-of-its-rind squash/pumpkin 150g … Continue reading
More News with Views – Cassandra
Only just recovered from our trip to Puglia, we set off for Tuscany looking forward to enjoying what have now become ‘old haunts’ for us. It used to be that Master Navigator, Sandy, would draw out the map, sometimes more … Continue reading
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News with Views – our Puglia Trip
The latest Giardini di Sole trip to Italy was made up of its founder member trio Sandy, Libby and Jo and, on the leg to Puglia, bolstered its number to become a foursome with Liz joining us. Four girls on … Continue reading
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Outward Bound
Spring is only nearly in the air and so I am pushing it slightly when I quote Chaucer’s first line of the Canterbury Tales … “When April comes with its sweet showers, the people long to go on pilgrimages”. And … Continue reading
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Maidens on a Voyage
This introductory post has a metaphorical feel for us of stepping onto a once-upon-a-time ocean liner on its maiden journey. We have just stepped on board and the dress code says we wear informal clothes on the first night and … Continue reading
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