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Aug 15, 2019
4 min

Thanks, Eat Pray Love, for teaching me how to be kind to myself while learning Italian

At the risk of sounding dramatic and about 13 years late to the party, reading the Italy portion of Eat Pray Love — while living in,...

Tradition of Italian Food 1: Takeaways and recipes from my second culinary course

Sara Cagle

Aug 8, 2019
11 min

Tradition of Italian Food 1: Takeaways and recipes from my second culinary course

Before I knew I was going to Italy or even considering culinary school — and when I wasn't following recipes from my favorite sites like...

One long pause in Santa Margherita Ligure

Sara Cagle

Aug 6, 2019
3 min

One long pause in Santa Margherita Ligure

My favorite smell in Florence is bread being baked by the pastry students at Apicius. My favorite thing to touch, at the moment, is...

Sara Cagle

Jul 25, 2019
4 min

A tomato a day (at least)

You've probably been seeing a lot of red lately. Not because you've been blinded by rage or experiencing optical troubles (at least, I...

Officially three weeks into my journey as a culinary student

Sara Cagle

Jul 16, 2019
13 min

Officially three weeks into my journey as a culinary student

On the first day of my first culinary class, Introduction to Professional Cooking, I put on my chef get-up for the first time, laughing...

Finding little pockets of peace in crowded Florence

Sara Cagle

Jul 9, 2019
3 min

Finding little pockets of peace in crowded Florence

Florence has been smelly. And hot. And crowded. And covered in graffiti and full of loud people and aggressive pigeons. I noticed this my...

Who I've met during my first week in Florence, from a dancing butcher to a singing chef

Sara Cagle

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Who I've met during my first week in Florence, from a dancing butcher to a singing chef

It's been a difficult week, full of many solo pasta dinners (not the worst thing), long walks alone (also not awful) and conversations...

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