INTERNATIONAL: ITALY: Our President, Mr. Trump, wants YOU to pay MORE for Italian imported foods! Il tasso di Trump colpisce gli americani.

See link below for another one of my blogs for more information!!

https://realnewsnetworksignore.blogspot.com/2019/10/trumps-misunderstanding-of-airbus-and.html

......AND IF YOU MISSED IT; HERE IS A LINK FOR THE TRUMP TARIFFS ON SPANISH OLIVE OILS!!

https://realnewsnetworksignore.blogspot.com/2019/10/trump-slaps-25-tariff-on-spanish-olive.html

INTERNATIONAL: FRANCE: STINKY CHEESES

LINK TO STINKIEST CHEESES IN FRANCE

ANOTHER LINK TO STINKY CHEESES

PRODUCT REVIEW: Lean Cuisine Marketplace Spinach Artichoke Ravioli

Very disappointed in this product.  

• The Cheese Sauce:  said there was aged parmesan, romano and ricotta cheeses (on the side bar).  I doubt there was any "aged" parmesan nor romano as the sauce was bland like maybe it was only ricotta. BORING.
• The yellow carrots - el blando
• The green beans were too firm and not cooked enough and there were "too many" of them.  Like they were the filler.
• The label said that there were garlic salt and onions supposedly included.  Cooked so much you couldn't tell they (the onions) were even in there. 
• There was sugar and brown sugar added.  Why so much sugar?  Probably to cover up the 680 mg. of sodium taste.  

I like the idea but it could be better.  No sign of spinach unless it was in the ravioli. 

I ate it but wouldn't buy again!!

INTERNATIONAL: Four illegal cheeses in USA: Three from France and one from Sardinia - PHOTOS and post!

LINK to post about Illegal cheeses in the US

CHEESES Part 1: 13 Artisanal Cheeses from Food & Wine - SLIDE SHOW - QUICK LINK

LINK to Artisinal Cheese slide show

Bastille Day July 14 2013 - American celebrations 1 - Milwaukee

Bastille-day Celebration 1 - Milwaukee

  

  

Dining Link

DINING

  

  

  

  

  

  

October - Italian American month - LUCCA in Tuscany

Lucca Comics and Games Festival

(Tuscany, Italy) 

November 1 - 4 2012

  

    

  

  

  

 

First link is in Italian so you will have to use a translator. If you use Google Chrome to open (who doesn't?) it has an translator bar that comes up when a site is in another language.

Lucca Festival

   

 

 

 

 

 

http://lucca2012.luccacomicsandgames.com/it/lcg/1/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucca_Comics_and_Games

http://www.facebook.com/groups/luccacomics2010/

http://www.universolucca.com/en/events/lucca-comics-and-games-2012.html

Luccan food photos (Food links below)

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

***** Like to read menus?  I do. Restaurants in Tuscany near Lucca

http://www.tuscanhouse.com/travelplanner/restaurantsinlucca.htm

***** Mario Battali's Farro Soup

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/mario-batali/farro-soup-in-the-style-of-lucca-minestra-di-faro-lucchese-recipe/index.html

***** Blog post on Lucca below - good read!  

http://www.cookinginlucca.blogspot.com

***** Michael Chiarello's Luccan Roasted Olives

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/lucca-style-roasted-olives-recipe/index.html

***** More Recipes

http://www.turismo.intoscana.it/intoscana2/export/TurismoRTen/sito-TurismoRTen/Contenuti/Prodotti-tipici/Pane-pasta-e-legumi/visualizza_asset.html_2112899607.html

Buon Appetito!!