American born, Italian raised Eleonora Baldwin lives in Rome with her son and divides her time between working on film sets, freelance writing and designing custom food holidays in Italy. She is currently editing her Italian food/lifestyle manuscript, a collection of family recipes, history, art, daily life snippets; and a lot about how Italians forage, shop, cook, eat, praise and appreciate food.
Eleonora is the author/editor of three popular websites Aglio, Olio Peperoncino, Roma Every Day and Forchettine. She can be found on Twitter @passerotto
A tale of South African cuisine and friendship Tessa was a special lady. She had class, talent and a huge heart. We met in blogland, where we discovered we shared the same deep love for South Africa, her homeland and my dream life destination. After exchanging numerous comments and visits on our respective blogs, sending [...]
Belles bring back knowledge about many things from their travels… one of our favorites? Food! This week we’re learning about couscous from Tunisia (and how to make it too) with Eleonora Baldwin Couscous is a North African dish traditionally served with meat, seafood and a spicy vegetable stew spooned over it. For those unfamiliar with [...]
With some tips from Travel Belle and resident Roman tour guide and foodie, Eleonora Baldwin, we see that being a well-fed vegetarian in Italy isn’t as challenging as you might think. “Sono vegetariana,” and no one makes a face. That’s because in Italy, skipping meat is no big deal. The average everyday Italian diet is [...]
As usual, Eleonora brings us her own lovely perspective with another one of her unusual photos of Rome (and cool story to go with it!) for this week’s Belle Views.
Grocery shopping in Rome, Italy at the covered Testaccio market means taking home a little piece of the Eternal City every time. And there are two very important figures in the Rome Testaccio market: the Sicilian tomato guy–who before selling you a vine-ripened heirloom or an ox heart will ask you exactly what recipe you’ll [...]
Eleonora, The Travel Belle’s own moda spia (fashion spy), has been at it again, this time combing Italian beaches for the latest fashion trends of 2010. The good news is that whether you like baring it all or prefer covering up a little, there’s some fashion inspiration for all manner of belle beach-goers for how [...]
Remember Roman Holiday? Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn riding shotgun around 1950′s Rome on a Vespa? The classic Italian scooter was (and still is) an Italian two-wheeled icon. The coveted Vespa 50 still reaps fans all over the world. But take the pink Scarabeo portrayed here. Is it not simply magnifico? The Scarabeo (made by [...]
His highness Gelato, appreciated in every season across Italy, during summer undergoes a new youth, renovating and reforming itself; taking on novel colors and flavors that conquer the needy palates of Romans and foreigners alike.
Day Trip from Rome Ask any Roman, and they’ll all tell you the same: the favorite day-trip destination within an hour’s drive beyond Italy’s bustling capital, is the Castelli. The Castelli Romani–which is Italian for, “Roman Castles”–is a group of communes in the province of Rome, located at short distance from the Eternal City, at [...]
Rome, Italy: My son and I like to set up a little organic market stall at our neighborhood playground. I used to do this when I was a child, in the same place, and it’s heartwarming to see my son–totally unprompted–doing the same. Starting from the bottom left we have, freshly harvested collard greens, wild [...]
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Silence, Color and Architecture on Lake Orta, Italy by @gomarwrites
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