A New Year...Un Nuovo Anno...

 I always love that feeling that the New Year brings.  Putting away Christmas and refreshing the decor.  Our weather is such that almost immediately in the New Year,  I am thinking of springtime... Gardening a lot more and cooking lighter foods.  When most of the country is thick in the middle of winter,  I am planting sweet peas... so fortunate for this weather...but I often wish we had four seasons... we have one!  On this lovely rainy day however,  I enjoyed cooking hearty foods,  and I was in the kitchen all day... I didn't have time to make a Panettone before Christmas,  but I did it anyway.  I also made a Savory Butternut and sage Tart,  Corzetti Pasta,  and an Olive and Herb Fougasse.  In the Kitchen... happy as can be!

Tocchi Di Natale… Christmas Touches…

Just starting to do my Christmas decorating.  This lovely rain that we've had,   has postponed the buying of the Tree…  but just for a couple of days.  Priscilla is not home to help with the building of the Gingerbread Cottage,  so I just did it on my own… happily,   marking the beginning of our yearly traditions.  Panettone ,  a Christmas tradition… made into my new favorite dessert… Panettone Bread Pudding.  I will try not to make,  and eat this EVERY day… so delicious!