Tasting Life Twice

Author Crystal King's myriad musings on food, history, Italy, social media, tech, books, and culture.

By Crystal King

Recent Posts

Leading up to the Summer Solstice 🌞

From a Bad Yelp Review to an Impossible City

A dinner for Save Venice, a Calvino first edition, and the novel it inspired.

You're Older Than You've Ever Been

On Cabbage, and the Very Old Habit of Trading Cures Across the Table

Summer Is Nearly Here! 🍦🕶️🌞🍉

Will you join me in celebrating? Come say hi!

We're Not The First To Live in Troubled Times

Plus your chance to win an eBook of Fables & Lies by Elisabeth Storrs

Makeup and Beauty in Ancient Rome

Ten Bizarre, Weird Foods of Ancient Rome

The Sicilian🌋Roots of the Persephone Myth

Explore the intersection of mythology and Sicilian culture

Tasting Life Twice

And finding joy in the midst of it all

I Cannot Tell A Lie 🍒🌳🪓

Plus a giveaway of Kate Quinn's latest, THE ASTRAL LIBRARY.