No matter where you go if you just take the time to talk to people you will find that we have the same desires, the same concerns and many times the same solutions. Is my family happy, which is the greatest generation, who do we learn from, what do we learn, what is the answer to the world economy? It's endless really. What weighs on my soul weighs on the soul of my "sister" in Italy and my "brother" in the mountains of Switzerland. I spoke with Maria today whom I met yesterday. She lives in Siena and is visiting her sister in Bellagio. She worries of her children and their marriages, and complains of her sister's kitchen, "it is piccolo" too small. Does she make pasta? "No!" No more, io refiuto, I refuse! Too much work "we go out to dinner, I pay"! Ok, this sounds very familiar.
Earlier in the day we went to Il Caminetto. A restaurant high above Varenna where Moreno hosted a group of us and gave us cooking lessons. We learned much of the art of what the Italians call "slow food". It is where you choose to eat somewhere that takes the time and care to make it all from scratch. He also spoke of an afternoon off where we would choose to make pasta with our hands (no machines) roll it out with care and make a simple sauce to adorn. Slow food. The art of putting love into what we make. Taking the time to show those whom we love that they are worth the effort we take.
So Maria, take a break. Next time I am in Italy I will make pasta for you and we will talk of our families. Ciao!
PS first picture is Maria and I
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