Tag Archives: Language learning

Italian Recipe: Lentil Soup (Zuppa di Lenticchie)

Italian Recipe: Lentil Soup (Zuppa di Lenticchie) Nothing like a bowl of hot Italian soup for a cold winter’s day! Italian Recipe: Lentil Soup (Zuppa di Lenticchie) Lentils are loved by Italians and make a wonderful, hot, nourishing soup for everyone! Try this recipe, and I think you will agree, even if you’ve never eaten […]

Italian-American Style Shrimp Recipe: Shrimp Scampi

Italian-American Style Shrimp Recipe: Shrimp Scampi  Shrimp with linguine: a family favorite for an Italian-American Christmas Eve fish dinner It is amazing that a dish this simple can be so delicious. It is a real crowd-pleaser, loved by adults and children alike and perfect as the only dish or as one of several fish dishes (sometimes as many as […]

Venice: Arriving in Venice for Your Italian Adventure

Arriving in Venice for Your Italian Adventure Start your Italian adventure in Venice… Follow Caterina in the Conversational Italian for Travelers series of books! The Conversational Italian for Travelers textbook begins each chapter with a dialogue from a story about the character Caterina, an American girl who travels to Italy to visit her relatives. As the story continues from one chapter […]

Speak Italian: All About… Me!

Speak Italian: All About… Me!                           Speak Italian: Everything you need to know to introduce yourself… in Italian!   Speak Italian: All About… Me! Can you speak Italian? By now, many of you have passed the beginning stages of learning how to speak Italian and can read […]

Dessert Recipe from Italy: Make Our Famous Tiramisù

Dessert Recipe from Italy: Make Our Famous Tiramisù   Tiramisù: Italian Pick-Me-Up! Dessert Recipe from Italy: Make Our Famous Tiramisù This famous Italian layered dessert, which literally means “pick-me-up,” was said to have originated when Italian ladies  wanted a snack to get them through a long night of entertaining. Try our version, and we think you […]