It’s time to buckle your seatbelt.  The ride is about to begin again.  Food, wine, adventure!  Time to blow off that New Year’s resolution of diet and exercise.  After all it’s been over a week.

Christmas is over and now it’s time to exchange the big presents.  We’re going to dine and discover, entertain and explore.  There will be familiar characters – Simone from Bevagna and Pete and Nancy from California – and new friends made along the way.

It’s time for more of Bill and Suzy’s excellent adventures.

But despite the Italocentric theme, this month’s adventures will be decidedly closer to home.  For we are welcoming chef Simone back to America for two weeks of private in-home dinners, in our nation’s capital and in the capital of American foodie-ism, San Francisco and the Napa Valley.

So strap on your seat belt and join us on our ride.  Just be prepared to ask for the extender.