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Celebrating life through food and travel...

Exploring the world through dinner tables and sharing the joy of cooking. Join me on a culinary journey filled with delicious recipes and heartwarming stories. Contact information for travel inquiries can be found on the FORA tab below.

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HI and bye breakfast bars...

Lava rock at Pine Trees Beach It's been two weeks since I stepped off a plane onto the Big Island of Hawaii, and each day the island...

Melissa Scalera

Feb 19

tiramisu rosa

Imagine it's summer in Italy, you're sitting on a terrace in Sorrento overlooking the vast, blue Meditteranean Sea with a book in one...

Melissa Scalera

May 5, 2024

not your mom's chicken soup

It was a Sunday after church, and my family and I were relaxing on the couch watching Law and Order: SVU with the lights off and what...

Melissa Scalera

Apr 30, 2024

what's up sweetie - nana pat

We're talkin' bout my girl, my girl, my girl! Nana Pat (aka Adelaide, Addie, Sweetie) is the queen of all things sweet; Chocolate Chip...

Melissa Scalera

Apr 28, 2024

welcome to the family...

Celebrating life through food and travel...

HI and bye breakfast bars...

tiramisu rosa

not your mom's chicken soup

what's up sweetie - nana pat

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