Slow Cappuccino

Tweet After trying my best to sleep on the long flight from NY, I knew I’d need some caffeine for the last leg of the trip to Rome.  I stopped on my way to my connecting flight at the  Milan airport for a quick cappuccino. Unlike every other airport I’ve...

Picky Eaters and Labelling

Tweet I recently became involved in an interesting online conversation about the word “picky eater”  with some mommy bloggers.  Christina Le Beau who has a blog,  SpoonFed. wrote a recent post that makes the argument that labeling kids becomes a crutch for...

Carlo Petrini: The Father of Slow Food

Tweet Once upon a time in the late 1980’s a man named Carlo Petrini organized a bold and powerful campaign against McDonalds.  The fast food chain was planning to open a branch of the golden arches near the Spanish steps in Rome. Carlo and his pals brandished...

The Race to Nowhere

Tweet Tonight, I attended a screening of this film that highlights the dark side of our over-achieving communities.  I live in a highly competitive town where kids are under played and over scheduled. Most are tutored and just about everyone is on some sort of travel...