The Second Annual "Festa Italiana" Announcement!

I'm so excited to be announcing the 2nd annual Festa Italiana!! I can't believe a year has gone by since my blog sister Maryann of Finding La Dolce Vita and I, hosted this wonderful event.

What made this event so great were the people that came to it, our many friends we've come to know so well from all over this virtual world! We like to to imagine our festa, as how it would truly be if we all gathered together literally. Huge tables set under twisting grapevines, Italian food and drink from one end to the other, laughing, singing, and dancing, while the sound of mandolins playing in the background, of course with out a doubt Sinatra and Dino too!
Last year we were amazed at all the scrumptious dishes you brought here and here.

Please join us again!

To participate here's what you have to do:

* Create an Italian dish or drink
* Post about it on your blog
* Use our badge and link back to both Maryann and I. The links should refer to this announcement post, and also Maryann's, so others can participate.
* Photograph your dish and send a copy no bigger than 350 pixels wide, along with your name, your blog's name and url, the name of your dish or drink, and of course the link to that post.
* Email everything to this one address, festaitalianadishes@gmail.com.

Thats it!

We will be accepting your entries starting today, all the way till March 9th. We will begin posting your dishes on March 2nd, after that we'll add your entries as they arrive.

This is not going to be my entry dish to the festa, I'm still deciding what I should bring, I work good under pressure!! but if you're a coffee lover, then you're going to love this light and refreshing dessert. A great ending to a heavy meal. Granita's are just as satisfying as a bowl of ice cream, without all the calories.

The ingredients are simple, 2 cups of brewed coffee,(cooled down), 1/2 cup of milk, 1 Tbl. of sugar, and 2/3 cup of a good coffee liqueur, like kaluha. I had a couple of those miniature bottles so I used that.

Mix everything together, and freeze it all in a shallow pan for at least 2 hours. Flake with a fork.

Serve with a dollop of vanilla whipped cream!

Looking forward to "seeing" everyone at the Festa! Until then,

Buon appetito!!