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Luxury in Venice
What is Venetian elegance and luxury? Can you learn to “imitate” it? And how did the Venetian concept of luxury coin European style in the first time, for centuries? And by style we don’t just mean fashion and architecture, but also food and “manners”? What is Venetian luxury? It gets as simple as this when…
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It’s world pasta day – this is our favorite from Venice
25 October is world pasta day – time to introduce our “family favorite”: You can taste this dish in a little restaurant tucked into a magically green palace garden looking like a fairy tale! It’s called Al Giardinetto da Severino. Just two corners from my home in Venice, it’s located on Salizzada Zorzi, inside the…
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The Venetian Coffee Story and A Recipe for You !
Cava – coffee was known to the Venetian mercanti (spice merchants) and spezieri (call them spice experts, for now) as early as in the 12th century. Back then, polvere de cava (dark coffee powder) and roasted coffee beans were considered “just another spice”. And the same was true for sucaro de canna – cane sugar, also considered una spezia (spice).…
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Rediscovering my neighborhood in Venice: Castello food guide
Welcome to my neighborhood in Venice, where I grew up! This is the first of four blog posts, in which I introduce you to the part of Venice I know best. I’ll take you for a walk around Castello, east of Piazza San Marco, and will share my favorite restaurants for lunch and dinner. You will also…
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The Most Quiet Time of the Year
Is there a time – a season – that Venetians really dedicate to themselves. Getting some quiet after a long (mass) tourist season. I think I’ve made out that time. It’s now, when Venice chiude bottega for a few weeks. When festive November comes to an end and you can still find its culinary treats, like the San Martino biscuits…
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October sea breeze regattas
La barca a vela più veloce del mondo – designing the fastest sailing boat in the world had been the objective of Italian businessman Raul Gardini. In line with the upward economical trend in Italy, in 1991, he built Il Moro di Venezia. A prestige boat, naming it after the former maritime power, the Republic of…
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Venice and the Moon
Acqua alta doesn’t hit Venice as a surprise. There are simple “laws” that can help predict it, and in this post we are going to reveal them to you. As a rule not all parts of Venice are flooded when acqua alta strikes. If you’re prepared to stick to a special part of town on higher…
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A Wild Sunset Summer Walk
In (late) summer, you can expect the Piazza soaked in sunset hues and light until 9:30 pm !! Now that fall has officially come to Venice, temperatures have dropped somewhat. Still, sunsets in the last few weeks have been spectacular as you don’t get them often. A friend called them “wild sunsets” on Instagram – whom I give credit to…
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Lost in secret Venice
There’s ONE place in Venice where I lose my way – have always done so. Three sotoporteghi in a row, one will take you straight from Campo San Lio to Campo San Zanipolo. Chances are I’ll miss the right sotoportego and will end up on Campo Santa Marina :-) Over the years I’ve come to love this quiet campo. There’s…