Pino - Tourism Due

Are those pineapples that Julie P spotted in a window display in Milan?

Are those pineapples the heels of some pretty fancy sandals? Inspired!!!

 

Oh those Italian designers! Pineapple PJs and leather keyrings too!

Julia D found this Campbell Italian linen blazer (in Ratti fabric from Lake Como) while travelling the world wide web. I seriously hope she bought herself one!

Jane didn't have to travel very far from home to find this tart in a bakery in Newcastle. I won't say what she said about it . . . other than she didn't like it . . .

Pineapple Princess, Ann R, found this café in Bermagui on the south coast NSW

and on another overseas adventure Julie P found this room in Hawaii !!!

plus these pineapple treats

Pauline also visited Hawaii this year, accompanying a friend to the Waikiki Ukulele Festival.

This delicious pineapple and chocolate combo was made by Mamoru and Aiko Takitani's company which donates a portion of the proceeds towards student scholarships.

Pauline also visited the Dole Pineapple Plantation, and brought back some souvenirs!

Pauline also saw a volcano, I'm very jealous! Anne

My cousin, Julianne, enjoyed this eggplant parmigiana (with pineapple)

on a recent trip to Darwin.

Way back in the 1990s my mother-in-law took this photo of a market in Borneo

and, Les carved this monolithic head which is a bit like something you might see if you travelled to Easter Island!

Thanks everyone! Anne

Pineapples on holiday

Thanks Krystal and Rose and Ky for the wonderful pineapple beach towel and floating drink holder and Lip Gloss Trio, woah all pineapple themed!!! Lucky me!!!

 

 

 

No prizes for guessing which leg belongs to who!!!

 

Thanks Jessica and James for these terrific slippers (and notebook) that travelled in your backpacks all the way from Portland USA to Australia via Central America. Love them!

 

 

Love this photo sent from Roma by my cousin Jenny and her daughter Jessica who is doing an Italian language course.

 

I'm sure the pineapple reminded them of summery days back home as they shiver in the European winter!!! Thanks for the picture - I can't help wondering if this particular pineapple was grown in Queensland!

 

 

 And thanks for pointing me in the right direction (towards the pineapples) in Domayne Jorge!

 

How do Italians like their Ananas?

Last Saturday Les and I joined Ella and Rob on a Gourmet Italian Food Safari in Haberfield, Sydney. It was a day of delicious discoveries as we visited delis, and cheese, chocolate, bread and pasta makers.

 

I asked the proprietor at Frank's Fruit Market in Ramsay Street why I hadn't been able to find any Italian recipes that used pineapple. Frank said that Italians love fresh pineapple but don't generally cook with it.

 

He then dissected a couple of prickly pears for the group. They were yum! As were the zucchini flowers he sold me to cook as fritters, Anne.

 

 

Lamonica's IGA Supermarket certainly had an ample supply of pineapples too!

 

 

http://gourmetsafaris.com.au/