Monthly Archives: December 2012

Psychobubbles: Unraveling the Intricacies of Italian Spumante – Part IV

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Stefano

There we go, at last our series of posts on Italian spumante is coming to an end, with this last installment focusing on a few recommendations for quality Italian Method spumante wines. As we said on the second post of … Continue reading →

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Merry Christmas!

Posted on December 24, 2012 by Francesca

Here we go! Christmas Eve… for my family, it is even more important than Christmas Day. We have been talking about this night for weeks. We have invited friends, my mom and I have decided the table setting and selected … Continue reading →

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It’s been raining awards!

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Francesca

Is there any better way to celebrate the holidays than spending them with the people you love, giggling about an award under the tree? I don’t think so! 😉  Before going crazy with grocery shopping, finalizing my holiday menu and … Continue reading →

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Psychobubbles: Unraveling the Intricacies of Italian Spumante – Part III

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Stefano

After discussing the Classic Method production process and the Charmat-Martinotti Method production process in the previous two posts, our series of posts on Italian spumante is coming to an end: today, I will pass on a few recommendations of some … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Cake

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Francesca

My parents will be arriving today from Rome to spend the holidays with us. They will be at our house at around 4 pm and the first thing my mother is going to ask for is an espresso macchiato and … Continue reading →

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Psychobubbles: Unraveling the Intricacies of Italian Spumante – Part II

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Stefano

On our previous post we started our journey into the world of Italian spumante by covering the basics, very briefly touching upon Champagne, introducing the two main processes to make a natural sparkling wine, the Champenoise or Classic Method and … Continue reading →

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Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Francesca

4 Servings I’ll be honest with you: I was not planning to publish this recipe for at least six months since I posted the recipe for spaghetti all’amatriciana quite recently and the two recipes share some key ingredients. However, things … Continue reading →

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Psychobubbles: Unraveling the Intricacies of Italian Spumante – Part I

Posted on December 3, 2012 by Stefano

With Thanksgiving well behind us now, it is not going to be long before the end of the year festivities are upon us and with those a tradition that is common to many to pop some kind of bubbly wine … Continue reading →

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The Very Inspiring Blogger Award

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Francesca

And this is crazy… so call me, maybe? Nah, just kidding! What is crazy and absolutely marvelous at the same time is that, on Thanksgiving day, Flora’s Table was nominated for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award! We are thankful (of course!), honored and … Continue reading →

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