by niccolapiccola | Feb 4, 2014 | Eating Italian, Quick dinner ideas, salads
Tonight is the season finale of the Biggest Loser, really the only show worth watching on TV… after The Carrie Diaries, that is, a prequel to Sex and the City that I recently stumbled upon! BL is the most inspiring show I’ve ever watched and I get so excited to...
by niccolapiccola | Jan 31, 2014 | food
Today, I finally did something I’ve been saying I’m going to do every week for the past few months or so. I jaunted down to Rutiz Family Farms off of the Pike in Arroyo Grande for their weekly harvest box pickup. This small family farm consists of other...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 18, 2013 | Baked goodies, Desserts and Yum Yums
…the more ya eat the more ya toot, the more ya toot, the better ya feel, then ya ready for your second meal! Does anyone out there remember that rhyme? My third grade teacher Mrs. Blanco made us watch a PBS special on beans and how wonderful “vegetables”...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 22, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas, yoga
The first time I ever tasted a pomegranate I thought I was in fruit heaven!…when in actuality, I was in Mysore, India, in the dead heat of an afternoon summer, at the outdoor market in town, crushed within a mass of sweaty people, merchants yelling at me to buy...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 13, 2013 | Baked goodies, books, Desserts and Yum Yums
Growing up in Rhode Island, one of my favorite summer activities to do with my Ma, besides a beach day at Sand Hill Cove, was a trip to the library to collect stacks of books that I would savor over once home and in my bedroom! The Warwick Public Library, where we...
