“They were born here – all my three children were,” Antonio (“Tonino”) Aniello replied with an impish grin when I asked him how long daughters Francesca and Teresa – serving customers at…
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“I always liked the idea of having a restaurant. It’s hard work, takes personal sacrifice but you’re always fully living human relationships. What satisfaction!” brown-eyed Laura told me with a wide grin…
I remember scrambling up the mountains of Corfu to pick that pungent wild oregano when I spent an August there in the mid ’70’s. I took the ferry back to Brindisi (to…
Push back the plastic strips hanging like colorful spaghetti (or fettuccine!) on the doorway entrance – but they do the trick, keeping out flies – and enter a cheese-lover’s heaven, the Caseificio…
“Five-star” denotes a luxury hotel here in Italy but I’ve now baptized Gorga, southern Latium village perched on a rocky outcrop, as a “five-star” town. While Roman friend Iva and I wandered…
Pino’s wonderful mother, Signora Vincenza taught me how to cook various Sicilian dishes – and not only: she was a wise woman and a font of knowledge about every subject from Greek…
Al Bianchi – self-declared (with a grin) “sex symbol” of the Four Vegas – urged me to try a selfie when i asked the group for a photo after their Umbria Jazz…
Zucchini Pasta with Zucchini Flowers and Saffron Zucchini abundance in our garden and a Rhode Island family joined me on a late July day in preparing pasta with zucchini, zucchini flowers and…
The heat of July has moved in and zucchini, tomatoes, peppers and eggplant have taken the place of the fava beans in our vegetable garden. Springtime is fava bean season – and…
After we’ve explored Assisi’s treasure, the Basilica of St. Francis, come out to the countryside with me to connect with other Umbrian treasures: our farm friends. Our rural neighbors taught us everything…