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Becoming Italian

The Ultimate Italian Kids' Energy Snack Not On Your Radar

A superfood + fuel for Olympians with a 1,000 year old recipe

Oct 15, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

14 wonderful things I learned in 14 years in Italy

Among them - go to your local bar even if you don't drink coffee and slow...down...everything...

Sep 28, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

the Italian art of making time for a caffè

a voglia + time, the most valuable thing we've got going

Mar 16, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

Learning Italian: The Slightly Crazy Thing I Did To Speak Better, Faster

Originally published on Becoming Italian on March 2, 2025. Original comments and likes can be viewed here.

Mar 2, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

Recent posts

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New Year's Eve Italian-style - all the things to bring you luck in 2026💥

what to do at midnight, all the things for your table, how to "cenone" aka have the big dinner!

Dec 23, 2025 • Lolly Martyn, Flavor of Italy, and Giulia Scarpaleggia

Lake Como Christmas: pandoro Christmas tree with mascarpone-espresso cream

Watch now | plus Christmas traditions from Lake Como to Colorado! A recording from Lolly Martyn and Rebecca Blackwell's live video

Dec 14, 2025 • Lolly Martyn and Rebecca Blackwell

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Live Friday! Italian Christmas on Lake Como + easy show-stopper pandoro

What Christmas is like in Northern Italy, plus mascarpone + coffee cream

Dec 3, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

Part 2: Italian Meal Prep Like Nonna: Easy, Cheap, Plant-based, No Waste

Italian broccoli edition: 2 authentic Italian recipes to cook at the same time to fill your table, fridge, and freezer for the week! + GF options

Nov 23, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

A Very Italian Holiday: Sweet Traditions from North to South

A recording from Lolly Martyn and Flavor of Italy's live video

Nov 15, 2025 • Lolly Martyn, Flavor of Italy, and Giulia Scarpaleggia

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pantry pasta

Time for The Most Classic Italian Pantry Pasta: Midnight Spaghetti

Make your own 10 minute 3-ingredient spaghettata, plus the luckiest giveaway winner, February celebrations, and peek inside my tiny Lake Como kitchen at…

Feb 23, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

When You're Young in Florence: Sensational Salmon Pantry Pasta

20 min decadent modern pantry pasta packed with protein and omega-3s! It's not traditional Florentine, but I promise there's a steamy little story here

Feb 2, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

To Me, You Are Perfect: 20Min Anchovy, Caper, & Olive Pantry Pasta

Bombshell spaghetti recipe in the pantry pasta series, plus - January in Italy - the best month!

Jan 19, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

New Year, New 20min Pantry Pasta!

Plus: a new pantry pasta series to make your life easier, healthier, better, and a road trip to the Italian Riviera

Jan 5, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

20-min Spaghetti with Creamy Olive Butter Sauce

Too tired to cook? I have the perfect Monday night pantry pasta for you

Sep 22, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

gluten free

From Italy With Love: the Ultimate Autumn Chestnut Cake

Castagnaccio, naturally gluten and dairy-free and a bundled-up Lake Como weekend

Oct 6, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

20 Minute Easy Dinner Party Pasta With Only 5-ingredients

Plus: Italian food magazines, the fruit that grows out of rock, and "il rientro"

Sep 8, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

30-min Caramelized Zucchini and Onion Fusilli

Introducing Weeknight Pasta Cookalongs and pasta making! + Chicago highlights

Jun 30, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Sicilian state of mind: Pistacchio Lemon Spaghetti

Plus: Milanese historic coffee bar teaser and the inside of my brain when I think about Sicily

Jun 2, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

A Get-in-my-belly Authentic Ligurian Pancake: FARINATA

Magical crispy chickpea flatbread: naturally gluten-free and vegan

May 26, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Market

More Italian every day: my new granny cart

no French wicker baskets, but lots of gelato, evening strolls in Como, August market haul, and recipe roundup

Sep 1, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Summer Italian Market in July + Podcast

My first podcast interview about immigrating from Manhattan to a village of 1000 people in Italy

Jul 7, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Lake Como: Stuff I'd Tell My Friends to Do if They Were Here This Week

Recs from a local (me!) to have a blast while avoiding the tourist crush

Jun 8, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

This little piggy went to the MARKET (in mid-May!)

and can you recommend Food On Film candidate?

May 25, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Let's go to the MARKET! April-May

and should I get a 'granny cart'?

May 4, 2024 • Lolly Martyn

Italian island pastas

Risk, Love, And Famous Fresh Tuna Pasta On Favignana

Part 3: Italian Island Pastas: umami layered pasta perfection - fresh tuna bucatini with almonds and capers

Sep 14, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

Sun-kissed Shores, Sicilian Volcanos, And A Surprising Simple Pasta

Part 2 Italian Island Pastas - from a tiny island in the Aeolian, film location of the breathtaking Il Postino + capers and cucunci

Aug 24, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

Part 1: Heavenly Pastas of the Italian Islands - a NEW series!

Part 1: Spectacular Sardinia and Over-the-top Easy Fregula With Clams - It Will Make You Forget Spaghetti Alle Vongole

Aug 3, 2025 • Lolly Martyn

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