Yes, the colors are real. The water is like a canvas. The golf of Castellammare. I look at this image and then aout of my NY window and see snow. Let me tell you, snow in the city is horrible. after the initial whiteness it becomes filthy and disgusting.  

 A marriage made in culinary heaven: pasta with broccoli and sausage. What else can I say. Just delicious. To enhance the flavor, I added a drop of tomato paste and sprinkled pecorino after the heat was off and it got amalgamated. 

 Florence, 1969. The Davide by Michelangelo. Stunning in a way that leaves one in awe. An old Tr-X 35mm shot taken long ago and far away. 

 Spezzatino con carciofi or beef stew with artichokes. A super delicious dish especially when artichokes are in season

                   Old water tower on East 28 Street, Manhattan in 1974. Kodachrome slide scan.
 

The wonders of frozen spinach. It's absolutely ridiculous to buy fresh spinach because as you cook them thy simply vanish. With the frozen variety there's no waste and no annoying washing. This is a classic Italian dish of pasta con le spinaci or pasta with spinach. However I added cut up potatoes to enhance the flavor and finished the dish with a nice spolverata or dusting of parmigiano and the game was over. Buon appetito.

 

The old meets the new. Shot at the Museum at Chatam, Massachusetts.