Back from the Honeymoon : Part III : Seafood

I had some of the best seafood I've ever eaten in my life on this trip... also some of the most unusual. Nothing like the crunch of an octopus tentacle to start your day off right...

Vernazza, Italy - Cinque Terre

Polpe e Patate

(Octopus and Potatoes)

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Mussels with fried Calamari

Venice, Italy
Rialto fish market

Venice, Italy

Octopus, Shrimp, Sea Snails, and Cuttlefish Roe

Murano, Italy
Fried baby shrimp, Scallop, white fish salad

How cute are those whole baby shrimp? It's the original popcorn shrimp!

~ Mari

Back from the Honeymoon : Part II : Pasta

There's some pretty intense food pornography going on here... I hope you can handle it. ;)

Vernazza, Italy - Cinque Terre

Ligurian pesto and spaghetti

Capri, Italy

Homemade pasta with roasted tomatoes and clams


Capri, Italy

Tagliatelle pasta with lemon cream sauce

Corfu, Greece

Pastitsio

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Pasta with seafood

Murano, Italy

Homemade seafood ravioli

Murano, Italy

Spaghetti with shrimp

Venice, Italy

Lasagna

Venice, Italy
Tagliatelle with mushrooms

What did I tell you?

YUM!

~ Mari

Mari-Not-So-Bland Goes to Print

I recently wrote an article for the Middle Georgia food magazine - "M Food & Culture" and it's published! Check it out here! (page 62) It takes a minute for the magazine to load, but it's pretty cool because you can look through the whole thing.

Look out world... here comes the not-so-bland!

~ Mari

Back from the Honeymoon : Part I : Pizza

We're back! I bet you didn't even notice I was gone! Ryan and I finally went our honeymoon... and boy, was it worth the wait! We went on a two-week Mediterranean cruise and then spent four more days in Venice at the end of the cruise. Dang. It was awesome. We took a few (hundred) photos and I really want to post them all...but, don't worry. I shan't. I figured I would just stick to the food photos for right now. So, the first installment of pictures is...

PIZZA

Portofino, Italy

(left) mozzarella, pomodori, e rucola ~ mozzarella cheese, tomatoes, and fresh arugula

(right) mozarella, pomodori, e prosciutto

Nice, France

Pizza Provencal ~ mozzarella, tomatoes, zucchini, olives, and anchovies

Florence, Italy
Pizza Quattro Stagione (Four Seasons): mozzarella, pomodori, funghi, carciofi, proscuitto, e olive - mozzarella, tomatoes, mushrooms, artichokes, proscuitto, and olives

Venice, Italy

Mozzarella, tomatoes, Bresaola (cured and salted horse meat), and parmasean cheese

Venice, Italy

Pizza Bianchi (White Pizza) - Artichoke cream sauce, proscuitto, and parmasean cheese

Venice, Italy

Pizza Gran Viale - tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, proscuitto, salami, sausage, eggplant, asparagus, artichokes, and tuna

Venice, Italy

Pizza Quattro Stagione - mozarella, tomatoes, mushrooms, artichockes, proscuitto, and grilled eggplant



Don't worry - I definitely plan on making some of these magnificent pizze and posting the recipe on here. But, for now, you can drool. ;) Hope you enjoyed looking at these amazing treats as much as I enjoyed eating them!

~ Mari