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Life in Italy

Lessons Learned While Living in Italy, and the Meaning of Home

April 17, 2015 By Mandy

Lessons Learned While Living in Italy and the Meaning of Home - Kitchen Joy

I wrote this in the last days of our time living in Italy. The whole experience was a bit too raw to share until now. Please understand that these are merely my reflections on my unique experiences, and in no way do I claim to be an authority on Italy’s culture or people. There are countless definitions…

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Filed Under: Life in Italy Tagged With: life in Italy, the meaning of home

Crispy Thin Crust Pizza

January 16, 2015 By Mandy

Crispy Thin Crust Pizza - Kitchen Joy

Our first meal when we arrived in Italy was pizza. Exhausted and jet-lagged, we were feeling hungry and groggy. We walked the route from our apartment along the main street of our little town to explore our new surroundings, and then picked up two pizzas to bring back with us for lunch (or dinner to…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dinner, Food, Italian, Life in Italy, Main Course, Recipes Tagged With: crispy thin crust pizza, homemade pizza, italian pizza at home, kitchen joy, michigan food blogger, ordering pizza in italy, pizza dough recipe, thin crust pizza

Foodie Field Trip: Mercato Centrale in Florence, Italy

October 14, 2014 By Mandy

Foodie Field Trip: Mercato Centrale ~ Florence, Italy

First, I must apologize for my silence lately. My lack of posting has been intentional, as I was giving my undivided attention to enjoying the time that my parents spent visiting us in Italy. Now I am getting back on track just in time to pack up and go back home next week, and then…

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Filed Under: Food, Foodie Field Trip, Life in Italy Tagged With: central market, firenze, Florence Italy, foodie field trip, italia, Mercato Centrale

Homemade Gnocchi with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce

September 19, 2014 By Mandy

Homemade Gnocchi with Creamy Gorgonzola Sauce - Kitchen Joy

If there’s one thing I thought would be easier to get used to while living here, it would be the lack of conversation. In two months, I have only spoken to my husband of course, and my family a few times via Skype. Everything else is patchy Italian for survival. While I’m definitely not lacking…

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Filed Under: Cooking, Dinner, Food, Italian, Life in Italy, Main Course, Pasta Tagged With: gorgonzola, homemade gnocchi, italy, life in Italy, potato gnocchi

Nutella Tartlets with Banana

September 15, 2014 By Mandy

Nutella Tartlets with Banana - Kitchen Joy

There’s this rumor going around the Internet that there is a threat of a Nutella shortage looming…Well, I guess I owe you all an apology then. My Nutella comsumption has increased sevenfold since we arrived in Italy. Why? I’m not sure. It could be that it’s so delicious, and the Italian version seems somehow creamier…

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Filed Under: Baking, Dessert, Food, Italian, Life in Italy Tagged With: banana, favorite kitchen items, kitchen joy, nutella stretcher knife, nutella tartlets, recipe

Homemade Focaccia

September 12, 2014 By Mandy

Homemade Focaccia - Kitchen Joy

I love bakeries. I wish I could live in one. Seriously. The next best thing to living in a bakery is baking where you live, I suppose. Baking bread, especially Italian bread, can be tricky in a home oven. It’s tough to get the temperature hot enough for it to turn out with the correct…

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Filed Under: Baking, Food, Italian, Life in Italy Tagged With: focaccia bread recipe, homemade focaccia, kitchen joy, step by step photos

Bolognese (Ragù alla Bolognese)

September 10, 2014 By Mandy

Bolognese (Ragù alla Bolognese) - Kitchen Joy

All meat sauces are not created equal. While there’s nothing wrong with tossing some ground beef into your favorite tomato sauce, there happens to be a much better, more authentic way to prepare a meat sauce that will sort of take your breath away. Believe me– this is coming from the person who likes ground…

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Filed Under: Dinner, Food, Italian, Life in Italy, Main Course, Pasta Tagged With: all day meat sauce, bolognese, Italian meat sauce, italy, meat sauce for pasta, pasta with bolognese sauce, ragu, ragu alla bolognese

Foodie Field Trip: Rialto Market

September 8, 2014 By Mandy

Foodie Field Trip: Rialto Market - Kitchen Joy

One of our favorite things to do when we visit other cities is to check out the markets. Vancouver’s Granville Island Public Market, Philadelphia’s Reading Terminal Market, Los Angeles’ The Original Farmer’s Market, etc. We love them all. It will come as no surprise then that the Rialto Market was at the top of my…

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Filed Under: Food, Foodie Field Trip, Life in Italy Tagged With: cichetti, Italian, Rialto market tour, venice italy

When Little Things are Everything {Life in Italy}

August 27, 2014 By Mandy

When Little Things are Everything {Life in Italy} - Kitchen Joy

I can’t even begin to count the ways that my life here is different than it is at home. The language is different. The money is different. The people are different. They don’t have Target. Netflix and Hulu don’t work here. And so on and so forth… Everyday tasks and errands have taken on a much larger…

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Filed Under: Life in Italy Tagged With: favorite kitchen gadgets, life in Italy

Hiking in the Dolomites and Staying in a Rifugio

August 20, 2014 By Mandy

We’ve gotten to see and do a lot of things in the month since we landed here in Italy, but the one place that has monopolized our conversations and has us plotting our return would definitely have to be our visit to Rifugio Dolomites- Monte Rite. Back home in Michigan we do a lot of backpacking,…

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Filed Under: Food, Life in Italy Tagged With: backpacking in Italy, Dolomites Rifugio, from mitten to boot, hiking in the Dolomites, hiking near Treviso Italy, hiking near Venice Italy, how to get to Rifugio Monte Rite, kitchen joy, Messner Moutain Museum, Rifugio Monte Rite, travel

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