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18/10/2026

Isola del Liri, Frosinone. Lazio region

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18/10/2026

CEFALÙ di notte.
image by Michele Termine

18/10/2026

Such a lovely scene of this man making traditional hats, baskets, and brooms with native nana palm leaves, sitting outside the ancient salt mills of Marsala, and reciting love poems he wrote for his wife.
Artisans use strips from the leaf blades and braid them. These braids are then shaped and sewn into hats, including traditional reapers’ hats (cappelli da mietitore) used for sun protection
during harvest work. The process requires skill and patience.

For the brooms (scope) the leaves are stripped into segments, and bundled into fascicles. A standard broom uses hundreds of these segments (historically around 800), first tied into smaller groups and then into a single pyramidal head. They are bound with cords made from the same plant, then trimmed. They are great for bread ovens as well as they are heat-resistant and durable.
Smaller versions (scupini) served as brushes for masons or painters. These traditions were brought down to us from generations.

18/10/2026

I remember my mom telling me she never used makeup growing up. She bought into the trend of “Acqua e Sapone” ( soap and water) that was heavily advertised.
After World War II, the Italian market opened up to global brands. Magazine ads and early radio promotions featured testimonials from movie stars, proclaiming that the key to a fresh, glowing complexion was a pure white beauty bar. They were very convincing.
Lux, Palmolive, Zignano were among the most advertised.

Lux hired Gina Lollobrigida, Sophia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, Ava Gardner.

Palmolive, hired world-renowned Italian prima ballerina Carla Fracci to be the face of their brand throughout the 1980s, anchoring the soap bar as an emblem of timeless grace, freshness, and high Italian culture.

Have you ever tried these soaps on your face? The things we believed..

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Romans did not use soap for personal hygiene. Instead, they smeared their skin with olive oil to trap sweat and dirt, and then scraped the mixture off using a curved metal tool called a strigil.

How the Strigil Was Used

1. Apply Oil: Before entering the hot rooms of the public bathhouse, Romans or athletes would rub an abundance of olive oil (often scented with herbs or perfumes) all over their skin.
2. Collect the Dirt: The oil would mix with the body's sweat, dust, and surface grime, trapping it.
3. Scrape Clean: The bather—or a slave assisting them—would use the dull, curved blade of the strigil to firmly scrape the dirty oil mixture off the body, leaving the skin clean and hydrated before they rinsed off in the water pools.
Most surviving strigils found by archaeologists are crafted from bronze, iron, or occasionally silver for the elite. They were frequently carried in sets on a metal ring alongside a small flask called an unguentarium, which held the bathing oils.

17/10/2026

Pomegranate season is here! We picked a ton of parsimons and quince apples too!

17/10/2026

Portofino, "giornata uggiosa". Beautiful even on a cloudy day. The best time to visit is surely off season. Best prices, less crowds, and most of all cooler temps! It has been pretty hot these last couple of summers. Hard to enjoy when you're burning and sweating at the same time.
The colors alone the coast of Liguria right in this Image.
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Let’s have a spaghetti meatballs party!
A dish the Americans know today thanks to the southern Italians that brought it to NY and around the world. In Sicily it is a staple at our table. We used to cook the meatballs in a tomato sauce and serve over pasta, or use the sauce for the pasta and the meatball as a second with bread.
To all the people that say this dish is not Italian, have no clue or came from the North. Eggplant parmigiana and cannoli came from Sicily as well. We have numerous dishes that have made the run around the world. It's a peasant dish, made with ground beef and pork with stale bread softened with milk, chopped onions, one egg, salt pepper. They are either fried or baked then added to the prepared tomato sauce to cook longer. I used Mutti tomato puree, celery, carrots and onion with olive oil salt and chili pepper. Even if a simple dish, with good ingredients Polpette al sugo will be a delicious and addictive items in your menu.

16/10/2026

I love the Reggia di Caserta ! Incredible beauty.

16/10/2026

I ate my way through Sicily! Our food is so delicious!

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