Author: Carina
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A Scorpion Feast: Lamb Tagine
I should know, by now, that when my husband says he “doesn’t want a dinner party” for his birthday, what he actually means is that he will confess, at the absolute last minute, that the only thing he wants to do on his birthday is invite 15-20 people over to our two-bedroom apartment for an…
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#FALLFEELS & new directions
Because I have a serious case of FOMO, and “living in the moment” is one of the hardest things for me to do, the passing of Halloween and the approach of the holiday season immediately sends my mind towards thoughts of the new year ahead. It was last January, after doing a goal-setting exercise from…
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Top 5 Foodie Spots in Providence, RI
Living in New York, it’s easy to assume that this is my hands-down favorite city, that there’s nowhere (at least nowhere in America) I would need or want to travel to get my favorite foods. Every kind of Asian? Go to Manhattan Chinatown. Or Brooklyn Chinatown. Or Queens! Queens, in fact, has just about every…
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Everywhere We Stayed in Italy
When I started researching my trip to Italy, I was kind of shocked by how little information there was about accommodations. I’m the sort of person who likes to read between 10-20 reviews of a hotel or B&B minimum before I book my stay, and I found that this was essentially impossible when it came to…
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Three Places You Must Eat in Florence
It’s a good thing we ended our trip to Italy in Florence, because it would have been a tough act to follow. Of all the cities we visited — even famed foodie destinations Bologna and Parma — Florence had some of our favorite foods. By the time we got there, we had learned a few…
Carina Finn Koeppicus 