A body doesn’t soon forget harvesting saffron. For days fingers are deeply purple-stained from plucking soft, dawn-damp crocuses. The skin...
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Cooking Schools in Italy
MAMMA AGATA SALERNO, CAMPANIA The Amalfi coast is an ever-popular destination, this review is Mamma Agata’s. Perched high above the...
Sardinia – The Mysterious Nuraghi
Sardinia is the home of “Nuraghi”. There are thousands of prehistoric stone towers that only exist on Sardinia. No one...
Bologna – The Red City
On entering Bologna for the first time you can be forgiven for thinking you are seeing red. This most vibrant...
Parma: A City of Hidden Gems
PARMA, WITH ITS POPULATION of around 184,000, is a compact city about 40 kilometres north-west of Bologna. The beautiful, productive...
Fish Roe (Bottarga)-A Taste Sensation
THOUGH IT IS NOW most commonly associated with Italy’s island and coastal areas, bottarga’s history is actually believed to have...
Abruzzo – Mountains and Snow Beside the Coast
LOCATED IN CENTRAL ITALY, Abruzzo is a land between mountains and sea, where nature reigns supreme and the production of...
Tuscany’s Emerging Wine Region
What happens when an estate in the Chianti Classico region of Tuscany is of a mind to expand, but runs...
Wood Fire Pizza Oven – The Key to Success
Italian pizzerias throughout the world wanting to offer diners authentic pizzas continue to turn to wood fired ovens – after...