Ask any student at UNISG what the best part of the university is and the vast majority says study trips. I now understand why. I just spent a week melting in a million degrees temperature, but learning more than I ever thought I would about Calabrese products. … More The Days We Spent Eating and Melting Away…
Today, we have a small interlude from the normal Sunday installment of #MeetTheGastronomes, due to our study trip in Calabria all of last week. I was supposed to have something whipped up for you, with someone’s story ready in the wings, but since I don’t, I thought I might explain the gastronomes. Every week … More But What Do We Actually Do?
Well it has certainly been a busy week here. Okay, I know what you’re thinking and yes I have mainly just been busy eating and getting ready to eat. But I actually had big goals of new content for you all, and then teachers gave us like a million projects this week! What in the … More Meet the Gastronomes: Marco Pistagnesi
It’s Meet the Gastronomes day, and today I am bringing you the other Indian in our cohort, Raja. Raja was the last one to join the group here in Bra, due to some visa issues, but was a great last addition. He is absolutely someone that you have to ask the right questions to learn … More Meet the Gastronomes – Raja Sharma Rymbai
Sunday would have been the perfect day to crack open a couple of beers, throw some burgers on the grill and sit outside, just hanging out in the sun. But unfortunately, I don’t live in the US with a bunch of my college friends anymore. I live in Bra with the largest grouping of internationals … More How Gastronomes Do Sunday Funday
It’s Sunday, which means it’s time for the next chapter of Meet the Gastronomes. ***I promise tomorrow normal TVHT updates will return. Between Slow Fish last weekend and feeling a bit under the weather this week, I’ve fallen behind. But not to worry, we have a few installments to look forward to this week!*** But … More Meet the Gastronomes: Caroline Kezia
Time for the first installment of the new series, “Meet the Gastronomes”. It seemed fitting to begin with the most friendly person of the group. If you were to visit Bra and meet my friends, he would be the first person to introduce himself. He is the guy who is always happy to see you, … More Meet the Gastronomes: Jappy Afzelius
One of my top five favorite things in the world (behind my family, food and laughter) is the Olympics. It isn’t that I really love sports, to be honest I don’t understand most of them. I love the power of the Olympics. For 17 days, the world turns its head away from all the awful … More A Friend of the Gastronomes
Disco Soup, any idea what that is? Ya, neither did I. To put it very simply, it is Slow Food’s version of “Whatchagot Stew”. Growing up, every Sunday night my family would all say prayers together and then my dad would read “stories”. My dad read us the classics, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around … More The Slow Food “Whatchagot Stew”
Although I have been in Bra for almost a month now, I have been getting a lot of questions about what it is like to live abroad. Many fellow travelers and prospective immigrants wonder how you learn to create a new home abroad. To answer short and sweet, I know literally nothing. It is the … More Fake It Until You Make It
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