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Mamma Agata’s Cookbook

Learn Mamma Agata’s culinary secrets from the Amalfi Coast in this cookbook, meant to be savored and enjoyed far beyond the recipes.

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Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason

Three Graves Full by Jamie Mason

I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoys twisting and turning thrillers laced with dark humor — and I do mean dark.

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The Book of Why by Nicholas Montemarano

The Book of Why by Nicholas Montemarano

The Book of Why by Nicholas Montemarano tells the story of a best-selling self-help guru whose tenets fail him when he loses his wife.

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Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures, and Advice by Susan Van Allen

Susan Van Allen’s Letters from Italy: Confessions, Adventures, and Advice is a delightful collection of tales from her travels around the bel pease.

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The Dude and the Zen Master

The Dude and the Zen Master by Jeff Bridges and Bernie Glassman

I closed my e-book with a contented sigh and huge smile, feeling exceptionally optimistic about the world and my place in it. Can you really ask for more in a book?

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Michelle KaminskyMichelle Kaminsky is an American attorney-turned-freelance writer who lived in her family's ancestral village in Calabria, Italy for 15 years. This blog is now archived. 

Calabria Guidebook

Calabria travel guide by Michelle Fabio

Recipes

 

Homemade apple butter
Green beans, potatoes, and pancetta
Glazed Apple Oatmeal Cinnamon Muffins
Pasta with snails alla calabrese
Onion, Oregano, and Thyme Focaccia
Oatmeal Banana Craisin Muffins
Prosciutto wrapped watermelon with bel paese cheese
Fried eggs with red onion and cheese
Calabrian sausage and fava beans
Ricotta Pound Cake