Pino’s first trip to the tiny island (3 km x 700 m) of Ventotene this August and my fifth but we’re in synch on island eating: Ristorante da Verde on Piazza Castello…
As you get off the boat after your trip out to the island of Santo Stefano – or around the perimeter of Ventotene – you don’t have to go far to satisfy…
“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…
“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…
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…
Modena’s known for Ferrari and Maserati – balsamic vinegar, too, of course – with Ducatis and Lamborghini produced not far away. But there’s more to the so-called “Motor Valley” of Italy than…
Just outside of the massive medieval walls of Castiglione del Lago, walk up the “little steps (“le scalette”) to a wooden terrace shaded by a wide cream-colored awning. “Osteria Le Scalette” in…
During late May and June, enjoy the best in simple local cooking (at enticingly low prices!) and ballroom dancing with “the locals” at a sagra. Which one and where? That depends on…