Since I posted the German bakery window photo the other day, other food photos have been popping into my head. This one is from Bergamo, a town not too far from here, and one of my favorite cities in Italy. This is a dessert specialty called “Polenta e Osei” which is named after the entree of the same name. The entree is actually polenta with a whole small bird (Osei) cooked on top. The dessert is much more appetizing, with no polenta or birds involved. It is a very sweet cake with a sugary crust, creme filling and small chocolate birds on top. We enjoyed sharing this one and get one every time we go to Bergamo.
Food, Glorious Food
Maybe I’ve been watching the Ice Age movies too much, because I have the song “Food, Glorious Food…” that the buzzards sing stuck in my head. But here in Europe, there is a lot of glorious food to sample, and to photograph. My waistline shows it too! This marvelous, carbohydrate-laden bakery window is from St. Goar, Germany, in the Rhine River Valley. Mmmmm…
Colorful and Crisp
It is a grey, cloudy, rainy day this morning and I just needed some thing with bright color to post! So here it is, a nice little fall market shot, from the market in Padua. Doesn’t it just make you want to eat a crisp, juicy apple or pear?
First Photo a Day: Coffee as Art
Coffee is a passion in Italy. You can’t go more than a block without running into another “bar” that serves caffe (coffee) and a wide variety of brioches (crispy croissants with some sweet filling). Cappucino is served here only in the morning as a breakfast drink, and the designs in the foam are an art form. You don’t get a 12oz latte to go here! While I don’t like coffee myself, I appreciate the beauty and ritual of it all. This cappucino is one that my sister got on our visit to Padua a couple of weeks ago. You can actually see her reflected in the spoon, how cool is that!
What’s this “Photo a Day?”
In my online photo group, some folks try to take a photo a day. It’s a wonderful way to see life in the everyday and keeps you in the photographic groove. I’m not up for taking a photo a day necessarily, it seems like “one more thing to do,” but I’ve decided I’m going to try to POST a photo a day here to the blog. OK, I fully admit it might end up to be more like a few photos a week. 🙂 I have taken so many wonderful pictures this year that I haven’t edited and shared, that I thought this would be an easy way to share a few. And you’ll also hear from me more often!
