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I must confess‚Ķ. I am a chocoholic! I would not have it any other way. It has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, a pleasure in which I can easily over indulge. So, when the reportscame out, touting the…

Today we were lucky enough to be invited to Brunch by Chris’s mom. It was Chris’s belated birthday celebration. We went to the Hudson House in Nyack, which is located about 1 1/2 hours south of Poughkeepsie. The restaurant is…

Amaretti di Saronno are wonderful little amaretti cookies.There are many different brands of amaretti cookies, but these are the best. They are made by the Lazzaroni family and the original recipe from 1718 is still used today. They are so…

Translation… Life with Red. I am a huge fan of wine. Red is my favorite. Ok, I am a wino! Most importantly, I am not a wine snob. And of course, if I had my choice, and money was no…

I consider myself a coffee connoisseur. I like strong coffee. So the notion of drinking coffee with so much milk is, well, unsettling. And the bowl, what is up with the bowl? Who drinks coffee from a bowl? The French…

Lucca Italy is a small pink-bricked walled city built on ramparts in Tuscany,  just northwest of Florence. Since it’s only about a 75 minute train ride from Florence, it makes an easy day trip.  But since it happens to be…

  My name is Robin and I live in New York’s  beautiful Hudson Valley. I am not Italian or French, although most days I feel like I was in a former life. I was not immersed in European culture as a…