Ask Fosca’s Cultural Cicchetti

Cicchetti are scrumptious and beloved “little bites”, typically accompanied by a Spritz, Prosecco, or glass of wine, and served at bacari (traditional Venetian wine bars). In this space, I like to share cultural cicchetti, small tidbits and curiosities, that I put together to give you a taste of Italian culture and leave you hungry for more!

September, full of promise

A typical Italian high schooler’s stack of books. Dictionaries not pictured. Back to School, il rientro/ritorno a scuola

Croce e delizia, a blessing and a curse: On chosen exile, place and home

Road Trip! “Expatriates voluntarily live in an alien country, usually for personal or social reasons. Hemingway and Fitzgerald were

Tennis Lessons & Tennis’s Lessons

Italian tennis champion, Jasmine Paolini, celebrates a recent victory Pickleball fans, do not despair! As I told a few

Rocking the Cradle of the Renaissance

Music, especially live music, is a big passion of mine, so when June comes around and I smell summer

Remember to look up!

I recently read a great article in *The Times about a Pier Paolo Pasolini and Pasolini-film-inspired journey through Italy

Sustainable and Sustaining Florence

Earth Month Special Feature 🌳 This strikingly beautiful city, the cradle of the Renaissance, might very well be experiencing

Filing taxes as an American in Italy :: Fosca D'Aceirno

Taxing Italy

Demystifying the process of filing tax returns in two countries 🥸 As a US expat parent living in Italy

Giornata internazionale della Donna: International Women's day in Italy

Mimosa: the flower, not the cocktail

Why was it that I hadn’t heard of International Women’s Day until I was living in Italy as a

Confetti and Stars

Filastrocca Italiana, Italian Nursery Rhyme (translation mine) Buon giorno, Febbraio,Dear February, hello, che mangi frittelleyou, that eat fritters che