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Well first I have to say thank you so much to Vito (and his wife) for those pictures! The food looked mouth-watering and you have clearly gone to great effort for this last post. This must be the first time the blog has seen a "ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Tiramisu" cooked in our honour!

The great thing is you have included detailed instructions about how to make your dishes so we can try at home. I now feel inspired to try cooking this meal; it looks like good winter food.

Another thing I love is your description of going for a walk through the mountains and finding some hot polenta at the top. I agree that food tastes better after some outdoor physical exercise!

In fact, the polenta and tapelucco looks just like a Scottish dish called mince and tatties. Try a google image search for this and you'll be surprised. The "tatties" are not the same as polenta though - does anyone know what the word tatties means?

LANGUAGE

Let's look at some of the language used in your last post.

1) Which phrase do both of these sentences contain?

After this meal can't miss an Italian "espresso".

Eating this dish can't miss a glass of good Italian wine...

It's the phrase "can't miss". In English, we would normally say one of the following things instead:

After this meal... you have to try / you must have / you simply have to have... an Italian espresso.

Try using one of these possibilities next time in English!

2) Check out this sentence:

Are necessary (for three person) some coffee, two eggs...
In English we don't start a sentence with "Are necessary". You could put it at the end:

Some coffee, two eggs ... are necessary.
Or - you can say "You need..."

You need some coffee, two eggs...

3) I like it when you use the phrase "pinch of salt". It's great, it's exactly what we say in recipes when we mean a small quantity of salt. Have you been reading English recipes? Or perhaps you've been looking at our recipes section?

Either way, keep up the good work!

VOCABULARY

Mouth-watering - so tasty it makes your mouth water
Gone to great effort - made a great effort
In our honour - for us (in order to celebrate something)

ARRIVEDERCI

Vito - we will miss you and your posts about your life in Italy. Please take care, keep learning English, and stay in touch with us via the blog. Your comments are always welcome! I am sure you have made some good friends from around the world. I think you have done a great job - though I worry that some people will be a little jealous of the beautiful place you come from with the wonderful food... Only joking, it has been lovely to share your experience as we share the process of learning English together.

It is also my last post as the teacher blogger for now. I've enjoyed myself too - it is a great to have direct interaction with learners around the world. I am very impressed by the level of English and enthusiasm in your posts. Thank you all and keep visiting the blog!

I hope to see all of you again soon. Our next teacher blogger will be Rob.

Best wishes,

Finn