Ferragosto – the most important holiday of the year in Italy – is just days away. Celebrated on August 15th, it’s a celebration of togetherness. Aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, grandparents and great-grandparents gather together for multi-generational parties, the most popular being la scampagnata (the picnic). The festivity, as with many Italian traditions, puts food […]
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TRIED AND TESTED: Treat your mom to the best Mother’s Day meal at Lucas’!
I love Italian food! I really do… maybe I was Italian in another life, but I know how to distinguish authentic from not-so-authentic Italian food. That’s why I love going to Restaurante da Lucas in La Romana – I like to think of it as the “not so well kept secret” in town. I have […]
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Sign up for Italian Cooking Classes at Luca’s!
In 2010 Lisa Mayda, Owner and Head Chef of Restaurante da Lucas (click here to read more) taught a Basic Italian Cooking Class for the Casa de Campo community was a complete success! Five years later, she is happy to invite you all for a similar class and we are beyond excited to take part of […]
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Lucas launches NEW & delicious menu items (and we LOVED them all!)
When one of our favorite La Romana restaurants invites us to a private tasting of the new dishes that are now forming part of its permanent, and already awesome menu, we confirm in a jiffy and make sure to bring fellow foodie friends. This was precisely what happened when Lisa and Sandro invited Casa de […]