

Lake Como: come for the beauty, stay for the food, leave with a fine
One of the areas of the Italian peninsula I need to explore a bit more is northern Italy, more specifically, the luxury lakes. For years...


The Truffle: Eat Your Gold
The truffle. At $200 - $2000 dollars a pound they are the equivalent of culinary gold. Earlier today truffles came up in conversation and...


Gelato: Italian Air Conditioning
To know Italian food one must know GeLaTo. Andrew Zimmern referred to gelato as Italian air-conditioning, which may just be the most...


For an Italian Valentine's Day I hope you got two things...
Good Food... And Good Fashion... #valentine #fashion #food #bread #italy


La Loggia di Mercanzia: Saints keepin' a look out
Medieval art and architecture is so awesome because it illustrates many of the battling powers of the Middle Ages. In Medieval Tuscany...


Burrata: you will never look at leftovers the same again.
Burrata is one of those foods, when you see it on a menu, order it! Burrata is a cheese with a hard outer shell, filled with a mix of...