“The Running of Saint Andrew” in Amalfi Italy 2010 Sant’ Andrea is taken from the Duomo up to the top of Amalfi, then down to the beach where boats await to pay their respects. (Including the ferry that I often take!) It takes 50 people to run the statue of Andrew back up the stairs [...]
I spent a day touring a remote part of Eastern Irpinia in Campania this week during Cairano 7x 2010, a week-long series of promotional events designed to revitalize the area. Luckily the person driving me in from Avellino knew where we were going. The eastern side of Irpinia reminds me a lot of the Flint [...]
Giovanni Ascione, noto degustatore Ais Bibenda, racconta l’altra faccia del rosato, ovvero la tradizione d’oltralpe declinata nei rosè fermi delle diversi regioni della Francia, chiudendo con uno Champagne Rosè al termine di ciascuna delle degustazioni. Si tratta di un modo divertente, quanto istruttivo, di approcciarsi alla scuola francese, indiscutibile leader per queste tipologie. Ecco i [...]
There’s something about the energy of a food market that invigorates me. The colors, the smells, the sounds and the sense of community observed as a regular shoppers with their proprietor all feed my soul in a way that the food would fuel my body. I was first able to feel this energy in the [...]
Surprise! Your TrenItalia ticket…is in Italian! This is for a ticket issued at the ticket window (sportello) or from a self service machine. If you’ve purchased single tickets in advance from Rail Europe (which I do NOT recommend) your ticket may look different as it may not have actually been issued in Italy! Here is [...]
I was very excited to see the roots still on the spinach at the market on Sunday. The zucchini still had the flowers attached too!
Montepulciano, Italy 10 March, 2010 image #1
So you’ve arrived at your hotel in Rome to discover you’ve dropped your passport somewhere between border control and the check-in desk. Luckily, you made color photocopies of your passport before you left and this gets you checked in. (Do NOT tell the desk agent your passport is missing.) Scratching a few things off the [...]
Many have asked where I will be going for my language course. At Dante Alighieri in Siena, I will be taking 15 hours of group class, 4 hours of private lesson and 2 culinary courses per week. Here is where the school is located:
…but check out my WBW post on The Tawny Times. A tasting post about Brachetto d’Acqui.
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