Links

I am posting some links that you might find interesting.

Here is an article from the NYT on cooking pasta. I have a pasta police who lives in my house and so have learned that there is a specific pasta for every type of dish. My favorite here in Bologna is "strozzapreti" that translates into "strangle the priest" -
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/17/dining/17mini.html?_r=1&em&ex=1192939200&en=c4215b835752f663&ei=5087%0A&oref=slogin
If you want to visit and learn some typical Bolognese recipes, here is my friend, Maribel's, cooking school:
http://taste-of-italy.blogspot.com/

For travel articles on Bologna, check out:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/31/travel/31frugaltraveler.html
http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/travel/23hours.html?adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1190419897-+KFsX4SauKdHHHOXSHlpTw
my friend, Carol Sicbaldi (from Boston) has some touring companies:
http://www.scooterbella.com/default.aspx
http://www.customwalks.com/about.aspx

Italy: news, politics, travel
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/02/04/080204fa_fact_mueller
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/01/travel/01journeys.html?scp=1&sq=italy+venice&st=nyt
http://www.lifeinitaly.com/

I served on the board of the IWF for the first three years I lived in Bologna (as president in the final year - a position nobody wants).
http://www.iwfbologna.com/

Here are some of my favorite miscellaneous links:
http://www.euroflyusa.com/US/
http://www.bcsp.unibo.it/
https://www.japanesegifts.com/
http://www.culturaitaliana.it/ (where I will spend the month of July)
http://www.beginningwithi.com/
http://www.americastestkitchen.com/corp/about-americastestkitchen.asp (cousin Kenji's employer)

I won't even get to the wine articles. I will continue adding links as they come up...