Chilled Tomato Soup with Chipotle Cream

  You’ll Need  2 Tablespoons olive oil 6 green onions, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 1 jalapeno chili, seeded, chopped 4 cups tomato juice 1 ½ pounds tomatoes, seeded, chopped 3 Tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons fresh lime juice 2 Tablespoons prepared horseradish Sour cream...

Bonifaccio

This is what I see just off to starboard from my secure little nook of an anchorage....

Olive Oil Lovers Will Love This

Olive oil was Athena’s gift to Greece, according to legend, and the happy recipients of the largess d’godess took it straight to heart — literally.It turns out that those who use olive oil regularly are less likely to have your blood vessels pop open in your brain, making your...

Mediterranean wellness by sail

We actually get on the water tomorrow. At this second, I'm sitting on the plane on the last leg of the trip, after waiting in the Rome airport for most of this day. Grrrr. And, given my inability to sleep (ever!!) on the transatlantic flight from Toronto, I had...

Flight to Sardinia

I will be sailing for 3 wks in Sardinia and blogging about the food, the "sport" of sailing, and about this other culture. During the next 3 wks I'll try to write about things serious and mundane, to give you a flavor of what it's like in this area...

Airplane food on Alitalia airlines

Amazing. Can we get Alitalia to fly out of Pittsburgh … To ANYWHERE?? When I fly domestically, I get food from the cardboard boxes of Chef USAir, Continental, and Delta. Mmmmm. And they have oh so lovely processed food items that cost you around 7$. Oh, and if you...

Flight to Sardinia

I will be sailing for 3 wks in Sardinia and blogging about the food, the "sport" of sailing, and about this other culture. During the next 3 wks I'll try to write about things serious and mundane, to give you a flavor of what it's like in this area...