Kate McElwee is a lifelong vegetarian and a decade-long vegan who’s been living and working in Rome for a number of years. Kate is American so she has great insight into what it means to be vegan in the United States and here in Italy. She shared these nine tips for enjoyable vegan eating in...
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I'm always out and about meeting local farmers & purveyors, restaurateurs & winery owners, authors and designers, artists, musicians, cultural icons, and exploring unique travel destinations. I visit small towns and villages, the less traveled areas of the Eternal City, the Lazio region and throughout Italy. Each and every person I encounter has a unique and fascinating story to tell.
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Rimessa Roscioli Wine & Food Experiences in Rome
Rimessa Roscioli is the most recent delicious addition to the four Roscioli food venues in Rome. In my interview with Alessandro Pepe, one of the Rimessa Roscioli owners, he says you can enjoy a Roscioli food venue any time of day: the café, the bakery, the salumeria and Rimessa Roscioli.Renowned Italian chef Massimo Bottura says...
Violinist Robert McDuffie and his Guarneri del Gesù violin
About Robert McDuffie Robert McDuffie (Bobby) is an internationally renowned violinist who has played with just about every major orchestra in the world. He's originally from Macon, Georgia and his musical background is a fusion of southern rock'n'roll, church music and Bobby’s ten years of study with a Hungarian refugee who’d studied at the Liszt...
The food of Calabria and Rosetta Costantino
If you’re looking for recipes that reflect the wonderful food of Calabria then no other book does it better than Rosetta Costantino‘s, My Calabria.Rosetta’s book was published in 2010 but it still is the bible for Calabrian cuisine. About Rosetta Rosetta is an only child and was raised in Verbicaro in Calabria until she was...
Italy travel update for travel to Italy this summer 2021
There are two things everybody has been asking about... The first question is all about travel restrictions Last week the European Union finally agreed to open up its borders to travelers from low risk Covid countries who are fully vaccinated, or provide a negative test result from a Molecular RT-PCR Covid swab test, taken within...
The 5 best places in Italy to buy Italian hand-painted ceramics
There are five amazing places in Italy to find gorgeous hand-painted Italian ceramics, each of them quite different from one another. If you're interested in purchasing beautiful hand-painted Italian ceramics then these are the places that are a MUST to visit. About Liz Brewster Architect, Urban Planner & Restorer Liz Brewster shared her insight and...
DOP Balsamic Vinegar: the Black Gold of Modena
If you’d like to experience DOP balsamic vinegar, known as the black gold of Modena, there’s no better way than to take a deep dive into one of the local family producers, or acetaia as they’re known in Italy: Acetaia Malagoli Daniele.Sofia Malagoli has taken the family acetaia to a whole new level and her...
Piedmont wines: three outstanding lesser known reds
Piedmont wines are world-renowned and this remarkable wine region produces more DOCG wines than any other Italian region. It also ranks sixth among the Italian regions in annual production volume. Piedmont produces all kinds of wines from sparkling whites, to rosés to red wines. Perhaps the best known wine in the region is Barolo. As...
Vatican Museum Art Access for Blind & Deaf Visitors
Although Rome’s hilly terrain and cobblestone streets make it a complicated city for visitors with disabilities to navigate this is in many ways offset by the accessibility afforded at Rome’s major tourist attractions, hotels and restaurants. Particularly so at the Vatican Museums where art access is available to blind and partially sighted visitors, and other...
Discover Sardinian food: Letitia Ann Clark's Bitter Honey cookbook
My chat with Letitia Ann Clark helped me discover Sardinian food more profoundly. Letitia is a gifted painter and illustrator, and author of the acclaimed Sardinia-inspired cookbook, Bitter Honey. About Letitia Letitia is originally from Devon and after her degree and masters in English literature she went on to train as a chef at the...
Cookbook Author Domenica Marchetti & Abruzzo Food - Episode 57
Today I chatted with Domenica Marchetti about Abruzzo food, her seven wonderful Italian food cookbooks, her online and in person classes, and the weeklong tours she runs in three different locations in Italy. About Domenica Domenica is an Italian American with 100% Italian blood lines that trace back to her family in the Abruzzo and...
Rome's market produce is the subject of painter Andrea Smith's still-life paintings - Episode 56
Food is a major driving force in my life and when I’m not sitting down enjoying a meal, cooking, or shopping for Rome's market produce then I’m thinking about what food I will eat at the next meal or the next day, and sometimes I just sit down to enjoy reading recipes or look at...