A nother new series!  And, I love when it's a good one.  This novel involves a former NY Homicide detective who retires to Italy, and of...

C hic lit I suppose, but enjoyable all the same, with good themes and endings.  The Summer Villa , by Melissa Hill brings three young women ...

Okay, all right, I do realize that most of you won't be harvesting Moringa any time soon.  However, (should be in caps) it was such ...

I just finished the debut novel of a new series, Auntie Poldi and the Sicilian Lions , by Mario Giordano, and I did enjoy it, despite...

  T his has been a TRULY Roman season for me.  First there was Feast of Sorrows , for our Cook the Books Club, then I read Pompeii ...

January’s Daring Cook s’ challenge was a ball! The lovely Manu from Manu’s Menu brought our taste buds to the streets of Sicily and t...