ITALIAN SUMMER FAIR AT CARGOES

THANKS to all the nice people that in the last two weeks visited 'Europa Vintage Okinawa's fair at Cargoes Mall, along Kokusai-dori, in Naha! It has been a new experience for me - I didn't become rich but I enjoyed a lot of air conditioned, met old and new friends and, last but not least, spread a little bit of European culture in this remote corner of the planet. Sometimes I felt like a... geography teacher, explaining where orecchiette and limoncello come from. I don't work for the Italian tourism board, but I guess during the past days it should have paid me...

Special THANKS/GRAZIE/ARIGATOu to the helpful staff of Cargoes Mall and to my friend Michie-san of Lapis shop who supported the event; to my dear friend Gino Goya for helping with his Goya-mobile, as well as to the partners of this fair: Atelier Tibitoko (kawaii handicrafts), guest-house La Passione (with the fantastic olive oil from Olivandro/Sicily) and Prosciutto & Melone Curtis Naonis (Italian food imported based in Itoman)!!!

ITALIAN(O) VEGAN(O)

THANKS A LOT to all the nice friends that today came to my Italian vegan cooking class at Taste of Okinawa restaurant. It has been a real pleasure meeting you and cooking for you. Ten people - nine ladies and one gentle gentleman - from six different countries! Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, India, Japan and U.S.A., plus an Italian guy... We made 1 kg of strozzapreti and 1 kg of piadina, then a serious amount of friggione, caponata and peperonata. Dolce and espresso a go-go. Fun and calories.

A special どもありがとうございます to Tomo-san - owner of Taste of Okinawa - and to his gentle sister Rina-san, very helpful both, as usual. And also a special GRAZIE to Luna-san for giving me a new cage for cats TNR, for buying some goods of Europa Vintage Okinawa and for the nice photos, to Fumie-san for her healthy veggies from her farm in Nanjo, to Mirco-san for the precious transport-help, to Payal-san for saying that my food was better than the one she just had in Puglia (I know, it's a lie, but I loved it!) and to Sam-san to say 'mangia! mangia!' in Italian(o). An arrivederci to Rhonda-san, and buona fortuna! for your next adventure (food first) in Napoli.

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2nd round:

VEGAN RAVIOLI at Taste of Okinawa

3rd March 2019

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
MUCHISSIMAS GRACIAS.
GRAZIE MILLE
To all the nice people that today came to my vegan ravioli cooking class at Taste of Okinawa!
It has been a great happiness for me to meet new friends and having some calories-fun together.
We made a serious amount of ravioli filled with potatoes, green olives and fried onions. As usual, participants loved piadina, I wish I had had time to make many more for you...

 

A super-どうもありがとうございます to Tomo-san and Rina-san for allowing me once more to use their very beautiful space (Taste of Okinawa), as well as to my friend Fumie-san, Okinawan farmer that provided yummy, organic, fresh vegetables!

Muchissimas gracias to Lorena Alvarado for some of these photos!

Next cooking class (vegetarian one) in three weeks at Vino Vino, then a month in Italy also to study new, challenging dishes.

I COLORI DI OKINAWA - COLORS OF OKINAWA

Fino al 20 maggio a Shintoshin, dietro il Museo d'Arte di Naha, è possibile vedere la mostra collettiva di fotografia Colors of Okinawa, sponsorizzata dall'Assessorato al Turismo di Okinawa.

Mie le due immagini di apertura, contenute anche nel libro fotografico Okinawa - Inseguendo l'istante.

Grazie a Gino Goya per le foto della mia personcina!