About Italian Food: Piove a Funi

Italian Food In the Spotlight | More Topics |   from Kyle Phillips In English, to say it's _really_ raining, on says that it's raining cats and dogs, and today it certainly was. Italians however say piove a funi, it's raining ropes, and if you think about it, the expression is apt because that's what rain silhouetted against a cloud looks like -- ropes.   In the Spotlight Spring used to mean Eggs One might not think it, considering how many eggs there are in the average supermarket, but eggs were once as seasonal as anything else. Wife Elisabetta's late Uncle Dino was...read more              More Topics Pasta:Gnocchi alla Romana Oh so good! Polenta Pasticciata alla Lombarda Baked Polenta with cheese Bronze Bream Roasted with Tomatoes A fine, fine fish Meat Recipes: Roast Pork Shanks Economical, and tasty too Fasuleda Beans and Polenta Italian Regional Cooking Much variety! Pasta: Making it at Home Everything you need to know! Cooking? Read the Labels First We usually keep a package of puff pastry dough in the freezer, because it's much quicker to buy than to make, and is quite versatile too. The other day Elisabetta...read more   Tempo da Lupi! That's wolf weather, i.e. horrible weather. Yes, we may have officially entered Spring, but someone forgot to tell the atmosphere: Much of central and southern Italy is blanketed by snow,...read more     Sponsored Links   Best Moves in a Bad Economy Save & Invest the Right Way Find out how to beat a bear market, make smart choices, and keep your cool even when the economy is unpredictable. Italian Food Ads Italian Cook Food Fresh Italian Recipies Italian Food Cooking Italian Bread Advertisement     Visit Related About GuideSites: Home Cooking Europe for Visitors Italian Language Wine Gourmet Food   Search About      Sign up for more free newsletters on favorite topics. You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Italian Food newsletter as ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US. If you wish to change or remove your email address, please visit: http://www.about.com/nl/usgs.htm?nl=italianfood&e=ignoble.experiment@ARCONATI.US About respects your privacy. Our Privacy Policy. Our Contact Information. 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2008 About, Inc.