Aah, the winter beiges! Trips to the local farm market this time of year tend to be rather uninspiring – fresh heaps of gorgeous colorful produce replaced by mountains of (mostly) beige root vegetables. Now – I absolutely love a good rutabaga or celery root. I enthusiastically jump in with both feet at the start of the root vegetable season but by February, with snow starting to pile up outside, everything just starts to feel – well, beige.

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Firstly, it has been a few weeks since I have been able to post! My little MacBook Air bit the MacBook dust and I only just had it returned lovingly to my arms.  Back in business over here at Our Italian Table. Now for the fun part – it is that time of year when we must find the perfect summer house cocktail. When the weather turns warm, my little taste buds crave Campari. It screams summer to me – many memories of sitting on the beach in Sicily sipping Campari confections that the bartender had created.  

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