I’ve got a lot I should be blogging about.  Now that the spring flowers have arrived, I’ve decided Lake Como is one of the most beautiful places on earth.  I’d like to feature the lake – specifically, downtown Como for you.  I also need to do a piece on Alzate Brianza (the town in Como in which we reside).  I would love to share with you images of our condo that we’re borrowing from Jen’s parents.  If that’s not enough… we have had some wonderful experiences recently in Bergamo, Tuscany, Piemonte, Bellagio, Venice and more.  And of course, we’ve had some incredible meals I’d like to showcase.

A scene in Tuscany – what I should be writing about

In order to share these stories I will need to take hundreds of new photos and sift through the thousands I have already taken.  Then, I’ll need to re-create the stories and sprinkle in a bit of research about the towns.

Now, don’t get me wrong – I love doing this.  And I love even more that we have both devoted and casual readers of our blog.  A highlight of my day is getting a comment from a new reader somewhere in the world.  But, I am feeling a bit overwhelmed by the sheer work of it all.  I recognize that feeling stressed over such an unimportant task is comical.  Or perhaps it just makes me look like an asino (you can translate that one on your own).  But what can I say… I just want to do the best job I can.

So what do you do when you’re overwhelmed?  Procrastinate, of course!  And what can make you happy when you’re overwhelmed?  Comfort food, of course!  So this blog is a procrastination piece about comfort food!!

I wouldn’t necessary call bagels and lox your typical “comfort-food”, but it is a breakfast dish both Jen and I love.  We’ve shared many wonderful brunches with this as the main course and loved every crunchy/creamy/slimy and flavorful bite.  Plus, it reminds of us of home.

I was surprised to see how popular smoked salmon (“lox”) is in Italy.  It is widely sold in the supermarket, with a vast number of brands jockeying for premium shelf space.  Since breakfast in Italy is very light (usually just a few biscotti), once in a while we will get salmon to mix things up.  However, a bagel in Italy is as non-existent as a Jew in Mississippi.  So instead, we use toast points and occasionally add capers.

One day, we accidentally stumbled on all the typical ingredients (minus the bagels) and decided to go for it!  So, here is our version of a “bagels and lox brunch, Italian style”.

All the ingredients, minus our “everything” bagels

The final product was quite delicious!

Now that I’m done procrastinating… I just feel more guilty than ever!  Guess I should really get to work… but maybe I’ll just check out some new posts on 9gag first…