Cherry-picked Railway Cherries
Una ciliegia tira l’altra – “one cherry pulls another,” goes the Italian idiom. Cherry stalks are often joined, so when you pick one from the tree it pulls another. More figuratively, it refers to the fact that they are so delicious that you can’t stop …
Sant’Agata, Catania
Tortured by Roman soldiers in the year 251 CE, Agatha refused to renounce Christianity even when her breasts were being cut off. Today breasts are her symbol and even pastries take their shape – I went to Catania to try the sweet ricotta-filled cassatelle di …
Tofu war!
The rules are simple: grab some tofu, throw the tofu, run and laugh. The watery bean curd, greyish-white in hue, flies in the air and splashes on everything. It splashes on cars and buildings, on people’s faces and clothes, on the camera of the local …