On an island where fresh food is prized, it’s not all that easy to discover foodstuffs to bring home. We persevered, nonetheless.
Italy
Ghiotta: A touch of Sicilian home cooking
We met native Sicilian Lena at the ancient Greek theater in Taormina. She clued us in to her family’s version of ghiotta with eggs.
Sicily rings in Easter with baked pasta
The ring-shaped pastas called anelletti are characteristic of parts of Sicily. They’re key to an Easter timballo.
Sausage quest elicits timeworn beauty of Palazzolo Acreide
Slow Food honors Palozzolo Acreide for its traditional sausage, but that is just the beginning of the mountain town’s appeal.
Welcome to Sicily at Palermo’s Ballaro market
Ballaro Market is a kind of street food paradise for people who like good unfussy Sicilan food. Best of all, you can eat at bargain prices.
‘Italian Coastal’ conjures tasty memories of land and sea
This new cookbook from Amber Guinness highlights the coastal cooking along the Tyrrhenian Sea from Tuscany to Sicily.
Bar Enza’s breezy fare summons Italian summer
At Bar Enza, Tony Susi’s knowing approach to Italian food with local ingredients evokes the aura of summer on the coast of Italy.
Abruzzo means more than just Montepulciano
Abruzzo’s great red, Montepulciano, has some white wine counterparts that are every bit as interesting. Trebbiano is the leading white.
‘Serafina’ capitalizes on tender summer harvests
The Serafina restaurant empire stretches around the globe. This first cookbook by its founders shows the simplicity of its signature dishes.
Ligurian minestrone recalls tastes from the land of pesto
Genoa, the capital of Liguria, is such a great place to eat that it even has its own strain of basil: the supremely aromatic Genovese.
