Languages: I am bilingual Italian/English and also speak French. I did German at school but sadly have forgotten most of it.

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Hi there! I am half Italian, I love to cook, I love hosting dinners with friends and family, and I also teach Italian cooking classes. I learned to cook Italian food from my nonna (grandmother) and my now 92 year old mamma (who still cooks and gave up driving only last year). My stepfather's work brought him to live in various countries and I grew up in West Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh and Lebanon - and throughout Frascati was always 'home' I spent six years in boarding school in England and earned an American BA here in Rome. I worked for the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization. I have been living here permanently since 1977, am married to an Italian and we have two children. I am a staunch supporter of seasonality and 'good' food, and buy locally as much as I can (I have been boycotting supermarkets for the last ten years, only going when I am forced to for one reason or the other). Where I live, in Frascati, a 30 minute train ride from Rome Termini station, we are graced with the good luck of farmers' market all around us nearly every day of the week (the photo you see below? That is the famous Villa Aldobrandini overlooking Frascati's largest square). Our cuisine is basically Roman cuisine, and Frascati has much history and beautiful surroundings to make it worth a visit. I am part of the Castelli Culture Club. And I have been writing an Italian food blog since 2010. It started out as www.myhomefoodthatsamore.wordpress.com and has morphed into www.frascaticookingthatsamore.wordpress.com.