Introducing the notion of ancestral Lagoon food, we need to return for a moment to the way how Venice is defined. Is this just a city forlorn in a Lagoon? Or, is Venice part of a larger ecosystem, comprising Lagoon, sand dunes, marshy islands and swampy flatlands? ...
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A Traditional Menu from Venice for New Year’s Eve
Now, what does it look like going for a walk on the last day of the year? Just like I'm describing in this blog post, we were lucky to enjoy pearl blue skies in Venice. And if you cross Campo San Zaccaria, and walk out onto the Riva, this is what you can see .. just blinding sun rays and ...
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No, Christmas isn't over here yet. In Venice, we celebrate Christmas differently to this day. Venice hasn't forgotten her ancient roots, so the second Christmas celebration, also called La Festa della Befana, takes place on 6 January. And by now, you also know that on 26 December, the Doge used to ...
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Living and Cooking Venetian: How to Benefit from your Stay in an Apartment in Venice
Staying at an apartment is definitely a change to how you as visitor can experience life in Venice: You will pay much more attention to markets and delicatessen shops, diving deeper into daily life in Venice. If this is your very first stay in Venice, it might be a bit of a plunge, but still, so ...
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Venice Christmas Gift Guide 2018
Christmas in Venice starts a little earlier each year. I recall that in the 1990s, there were no seasonal lights until a few days before Christmas Eve, and only simple decorations made from red ribbons and emerald-green fir branches were decorating the churches, some streets and only a handful of ...
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Speziando: A Traditional Venetian Advent Menu Using Spices
When the colors of the season reflect our December spice mixtures ... last week, we were so lucky: In the morning, the city was illuminated by warm, rose-golden lights, something that happens only rarely in December. I tried to capture them in the image above, all dancing sun spots and bright ...
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