Italy is art, history, stunning landscape, warm and welcoming people – and food. An integral part of lifestyles here, as varied as the terrain and the hill towns, the culinary wonders of Italy vary region to region – and even town to town.

Farro Salad

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Ingredients: 1 – 1/2 c farro 1 mozzarella, medium-sized cherry tomatoes, 6 – 8 bunch of fresh basil handful of olives olive oil (q. b. –“quanto basta” or “as much as is needed”) salt, kosher (for cooking) – q. b. other possible ingredients: chickpeas, 1 can Italian fagioli borlotti (speckled beans), 1 can purple onion, finely-chopped fresh chives, finely-diced…