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Pope John XXIII – possible

Mind Quote / Sotto il Monte, Bergamo, Kingdom of Italy / 1881 - 1963 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Burj Khalifa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates / LoadingBookmark

“Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.”

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Rosemary & garlic crisps

Prep 10 min – Cook 5 min / Serves 4-8 / Photographer - Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

We like these crisps to add to a variety of dishes in a meal. The crisps can be used for dips as well. Easy to prepare and quick to assemble the crisps combine wraps…

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Mini mushroom parmesan toasts

Prep 5 & 20 min – Cook 10 & 5 min / Serves 4-10 / Photographer - Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

This little treat is great for a starter and well received at gatherings. It is a bit fiddly so you will need to be patient…

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Anne Frank – hope

Soul Quote / Frankfurt am Main, Weimar Germany / 1929 - 1945 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Church of Saint Peter, Portovenere Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”

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Leonardo da Vinci – connect

Soul Quote / Vinci, Italy / 1452 – 1519 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Birds in flight, Snapper Rocks Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else.”

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Rosemary pasta marinada

Prep 5 min – Cook 40 & 10 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

The fresh rosemary gives this pasta a distinctive taste and with the marinated vegetables you get rosemary pasta marinada…

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Alexander Graham Bell – man

Mind Quote / Edinburgh, Scotland / 1847 – 1922 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Romulus and Remus, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

“A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with – a man is what he makes of himself.”

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Ridley Scott – gladiator

Mind Movie / 2000 / Epic Historical Drama / Set in Rome / 155 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – The Colosseum, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

Gladiator is the story of a Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius who finds himself embroiled in aftermath of a betrayal of an ambitious emperor’s son. Through a series of…

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Marcus Aurelius – life thoughts

Mind Quote / Rome, Italy / 121 – 180 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph - Claude Monet's garden at Giverny, France / LoadingBookmark

“Our life is what our thoughts make it.”

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Marcus Tullius Cicero – gratitude

Soul Quote / Arpinum, Rome (Arpino FR Italy) / 106BC – 43BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Garden Art, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

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Penne with tuna & olives

Prep 10 min - Cook 45 min / Serves 4 / Photographer – Janet Zenari / LoadingBookmark / Featured

Relatively low on ingredients and easy to put together to achieve a nice seafood taste. We like to use tuna in olive oil and always choose a good brand. That little extra cost makes a difference on the taste…

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Helen Keller – together

Soul Quote / Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States / 1880-1968 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Boats in Cinque Terre, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”

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