Skin Jewels
Stick-on jewelry for grown-up women? Oh, hey, now there's an idea! For those of us who love the look of an expert ink art but shrink from the actual acquiring…
Blandito Italian Bendy Foldy Lazy Floor Pillow
So your Blandito may not be the seat to offer your aged auntie when she drops by for tea and scones, but as a cosy crash mat for the multifunctional small-space lifestyle of the hip young urban creative with a penchant for modern Italian design?
Furniture of merit, indeed.
I believe the title says it all. Blandito® by Oradaria Design of Italy, is described as a “transformable pad for lazy living” – and I think we can all get behind that concept, no?
Cosy as a sleeping bag or one of those appalling slankets
but with, you know, much more padding and much less of the nerdy monk look.
Stuffy as a floor pillow, but with its own smooth moves – transformative!
Yet, furniture-ish in a couch-inspired way, but without all the stiff bits that keep you from slouching in comfort.
Yeah, well, the pictures say it all.
Do You Know This Italian Almond Bread?
Food Mystery!
One of our readers has written in with a wonderful food mystery on his hands — there’s a certain almond bread he remembers from back in the 1970s, and he is hoping to find the recipe to share with his family. Now, I’ve run this question past a couple of food-savvy friends, and checked my own cookbook library, but the bread isn’t ringing a bell…
Can you help?
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How to Cook Original Italian Style
If you want the word on authentic Italian cooking, where better to find it than in Italy? Today's guest post is contributed by that modern-day Renaissance Man best known as…