Food + Wine | Hot spots
All Over Italy | Digital Food Days
And what on earth does that mean? Well, it's the title given to a nationwide spree of events where the digital universe and planet science meet around a table with the excuse of a culinary binge! Fruit of an alliance between Digital ... More
Florence | The Works Canteen
An extraordinary restaurant opened in the Florentine suburbs a few months ago. It's a case of split personality, in which the modest canteen hall of a working silverware factory is transmogrified as the sun sets to become the city's coolest eatery, ... More
Calangianus | Li Licci
It's not often we get news from Sardinia, still less the chance to get over there and scout for ourselves. But Li Licci sounds like heaven for outdoorsy travellers and gourmets. In a valley on the uplands of central Gallura in the ... More
Turin | Le Papille
When three smart and determined women get together to fulfil a dream, it's going to work. These particular three, Letizia, Rossella and Valentina, opened their Turin kitchen and shop with the aim of providing good cooking and healthy food, sustainably and affordably, in a laid-back, ... More
Rome | Truffle Hunting
Fear not. We're talking about a consummately metropolitan diversion here, truffle hunting made very easy. No tramping through the undergrowth, no pigs or hounds required. Just an address in one of Rome's swankiest shopping streets, Via Borgognona. This is where ... More
Pietrasanta | Enoteca Marcucci
Pietrasanta has changed a lot since I was last there at least a decade ago. The small radical-chic town in northern Tuscany famous for an alternative artsy crowd has become a bustling resort, packed with bars and restaurants and people ... More
Senise | Sweet Red Peppers
If you were to wander into certain southern Italian villages towards the end of the summer, you'd likely catch the quaint and colourful spectacle of peppers strung up and hanging out to dry. Just a chain or two by the ... More
Genoa | Pesto Heavyweight
Last year I thought I knew how to make pesto. I did my homework, R&D, reading, making, tasting. Then I met Roberto Panizza (at the Taste of Liguria event) and realized that I really didn't have a clue. So eat this post! Roberto is ... More
Cavalese | El Molin
Alessandro Gilmozzi needs no introduction to anyone who knows anything about Italian culinary excellence. He trained and worked with some of the best (Aldo Tamburini, Giorgio Nardelli, Bruno Stofella) before opening his own restaurant at age 25. He's one of ... More
Bologna | Ono Modern
Yes, Ono as in Yoko. Ono Arte Contemporanea is small gallery and event space just a couple of minutes off Piazza Maggiore, run by Maurizio Guidoni who keeps it positively buzzing with great shows and much more. I was lucky enough to ... More
Milan Malpensa | Taste of Liguria
Cooking and eating its way around the Italian regions without venturing too far from Milan is the series of events known as Per tutti i gusti - Il giro d'Italia a tavola. The next appointment for all tastes, scheduled for ... More
Siena | Corrigendum!
Oooops! Since I last stopped by the Osteria da Trombicche, it seems there've been some changes! Bobbe has emailed to say that, after years of hard work and serious fun at Trombicche, they've recently sold up and opened a new tavern ... More
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