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A year ago, Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband accompanied a group of friends to Grossi Florentino upstairs for a birthday celebration. It was such an excellent experience of Italian fine dining, we decided to book [Read more...]

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Seeking out Italian comfort food, Greedy Girl met her friends Bev the Cook and The Bibliophile for what they thought would be a quiet little dinner in Melbourne. Well – that was accurate, up to [Read more...]

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When Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband visit New York City, it’s hard to get them out of Manhattan, which isn’t necessarily something to be proud of. The other boroughs have a lot going for them, [Read more...]

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Sydney’s CBD is a different world during the week. It gets going early, it stays open late and the change in liquor licensing laws in that state a few years ago has transformed the eating [Read more...]

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After spending three weeks in Italy this year, it’s hard to get the inspiration to head out again for Italian food. While there’s no doubt a great pasta or risotto is perfect comfort food, the [Read more...]

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Every region of Italy has its specialties. We were in Milan, so it’s almost obligatory to try a Milanese. For tourists, La Vecchia Lira is maybe as close to eating at Nonna’s place as you [Read more...]

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In a building that once housed laundries for the local nobility (in the 1700s), El Brellin sits alongside the Naviglio Grande canal, near Milan’s Porta Ticinese gate. Milan is a huge city, as befits its [Read more...]

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The historical centre of Florence is quite small, and despite not being laid out in a grid like many modern cities, quite easy to navigate. On a very hot night we headed out from the [Read more...]

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Top of the list of things to do in Bologna is to have a ragu – known more widely outside Italy as ‘Bolognese’. Top of the list of things not to do in Bologna is [Read more...]

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While no doubt virtually every Italian in every city here would argue their town is the nation’s food capital, Bologna does have a very high reputation. Greedy Girl and gluttonous husband based themselves in this ancient [Read more...]

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