Bra is a very small town, and for the most part, very quiet. There are are a handful of shops, a small but respectable bunch of restaurants and cafes, a few very good bakeries, a small archaeological museum (which is coincidentally right outside my window and featured in the picture above) Of course there is the super ‘maxi sconto’ discount grocery store, which is more like a Kwik Trip than a true American style grocery store. No one here speaks English and all of us students are a bit of a novelty attracting curious stares, but everyone is friendly, patient and kind….
The History of British Cheese
All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, ...
Olives and Figs
I know what you're thinking - "Where the heck have you been? It's been over a week and you promised ...
Good, Clean, Fair.
During our first week of class we had the pleasure of meeting with Carlo Petrini who welcomed us to ...
Hog Heaven
This past week our Food Tasting and Technology class went whole hog into cured meats. In Italy, ...
Foodie Flashcard!
There are two types of people in the world: people who love cheese, and liars. Born and raised in ...
Local Bottega Alimentare
Today my classmates and I visited a very innovative shop here in the historic center of Bra called ...
Foodie Flashcard!
Tongue-tied when it comes to culinary chatter?? Well, I'm here to remedy that, with the help of my ...
Packing it in!
My good friend Marcie kept saying that I should write a blog post about how one packs for a year ...
The Odyssey Begins!
“Tell me what you eat and I shall tell you what you are.” Upon telling friends, family, and ...
Where in the world is Lisa??
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